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Author:

Sizgorich, Thomas.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

viii, 398 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Violence--Christianity.--Christianity.
Violence--Islam.--Islam.
Martyrdom--Christianity.
Martyrdom--Islam.
Identity (Psychology)--Christianity.--Christianity.
Identity (Psychology)--Islam.--Islam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-382) and index.

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 Hð̀Łnbal.

Series:

Divinations

ISBN:

0812241134 (alk. paper)
9780812241136 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)226308106

LCCN:

2008017407

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)