Crossing confessional boundaries exemplary lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions John Renard

By:

Renard, John, 1944- [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Oakland, California University of California Press 2020.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 345 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780520962903

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Electronic Books.

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BL96 .C767 2020

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Part one. Geographies shared -- Historical/anthropological perspectives -- Part two. Hagiographies compared -- literary perspectives: form, content, and function -- Part three. Dramatis personae: history, authority, and community

Subject: "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"--

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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"--

Introduction: Metaphor, method, and the three "sources" of hagiographic narrative -- Part one. Geographies shared -- Historical/anthropological perspectives -- Part two. Hagiographies compared -- literary perspectives: form, content, and function -- Part three. Dramatis personae: history, authority, and community

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