Crossing Confessional Boundaries

Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-28791-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 237 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another’s communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Crossing Confessional Boundaries explores the complex roles played by saints, sages, and Friends of God in the communal and intercommunal lives of Christians, Muslims, and Jews across the Mediterranean world, from Spain and North Africa to the Middle East to the Balkans. By examining these stories in their broad institutional, social, and cultural contexts, Crossing Confessional Boundaries reveals unique theological insights into the interlocking histories of the Abrahamic faiths.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Renard, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Judentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Metaphor, Method, and the Three “Sources” of Hagiographic Narrative

PART ONE: GEOGRAPHIES SHARED-HISTORICAL/ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

1. Geographies Shared I—The Central Middle East
2. Geographies Shared II—Spain and North Africa
3. Geographies Shared III—From Anatolia to the Balkans

PART TWO: HAGIOGRAPHIES COMPARED-LITERARY PERSPECTIVES: FORM, CONTENT, AND FUNCTION

4. Hagiography Constructed: An Owner’s Manual
5. Hagiography Deconstructed: A Reader’s Toolbox
6. Hagiography at Work: A Job Description

PART THREE: DRAMATIS PERSONAE: HISTORY, AUTHORITY, AND COMMUNITY

7. Historical Themes and Institutional Authority
8. Constructions of Personal Authority—Epistemic and Charismatic
9. Exemplars and Their Communities

Conclusion: Comparative Approaches to Religious Exemplarity and Hagiography

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Renard is Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. His many books include Seven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims, Windows on the House of Islam, Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood, Tales of God’s Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation, and Islamic Theological Themes: A Primary Source Reader.