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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.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 360
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
28 January 2020
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520287921
Format: Paperback
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"A smashing success; the literature Renard reviews is extensive and his ability to present the most salient points toward future scholarship is impressive. He elaborates a genealogy of the exemplary figure that will surely shape any future work in the field."
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.
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
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