Violence and belief in late antiquity : militant devotion in Christianity and Islam / Thomas Sizgorich.

Author/creator Sizgorich, Thomas
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Descriptionviii, 398 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesDivinations
Divinations. ^A532922
Contents "The devil spoke from Scripture" : boundary maintenance and communal integrity in late antiquity -- "The living voice of kindred blood" : narrative, identity, and the primordial past -- "What has the pious in common with the impious?" : Ambrose, Libanius, and the problem of late antique religious violence -- "Are you Christians?" : violence, ascetics, and knowing one's own -- "Horsemen by day and monks by night" : narrative and community in Islamic late antiquity -- "The sword scrapes away transgressions" : ascetic praxis and communal boundaries in late antique Islam -- "Do you not fear God?" : the Khawarij in early Islamic society -- "This is a very filthy question and no one should discuss it" : the messy world of Ibn Ḥanbal.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [367]-382) and index.
LCCN 2008017407
ISBN9780812241136 (alk. paper)
ISBN0812241134 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BT736.15.S57 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold