Adnan A Husain, K E Fleming

A Faithful Sea

The Religious Cultures of the Mediterranean, 1200-1700

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is frequently assumed that the modern era is the most multicultural in history. Arguing that this conception is widely mistaken, this innovative collection of essays presents the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean as a cultural melting pot characterized by hybridity, diversity, and cultural dynamism. Distinctive both in scope and approach, A Faithful Sea explores a wide array of Mediterranean religious traditions and identities, highlighting the cross-fertilization of people and society within the region. With contributions from leading specialists in history, religion, and cultural studies, readers from all backgrounds will find the concept of "Mediterraneity" both insightful and highly relevant amid a perceived gulf between contemporary Islam and Christianity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781851684960
• ISBN-10: 1851684964
• Artikelnr.: 21344898

Autorenporträt

Adnan A. Husain is Associate Professor and a Queen's National Scholar at Queen's University, Kingston. K.E. Fleming is Director of the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at New York University, and Associate Director of the Remarque Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Approaching the Religious Cultures of the Medieval and Early
Modern
Mediterranean. Adnan Husain (Queen's University)
1. Insularity: A Literary History of Muslim Lucera. Karla Mallette (Miami
University of
Ohio)
2. Taking Gratian to Africa: Raymond de Penyafort's legal advice to the
Dominicans and Franciscans in Tunis (1234). John Tolan (Université de
Nantes)
3. Bulgarini's Assumption with Doubting Thomas: Art, Trade and Faith in
Post-Plague Siena. Anne McClanan (Portland State University)
4. The Saint in the Harem: The Commerce of Inter-religious Relations in the
Florentine Rappresentazione di Rosana. Margaret A. Pappano (Queen's
University)
5. Two Rabbinic Views of Ottoman Mediterranean Ascendancy: The Cronica de
los Reyes Otomanos and the seder Eliyahu Zuta. Katherine Fleming (NYU)
6. The Sixteenth-Century Greek Moment. Molly Greene (Princeton University)
7. A Travelogue Manqué? The Accidental Itinerary of a Maltese Priest in the
Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean. Ariel Salzmann (Queen's University)
8. Apology for S.D. Goitein: An Essay. Steven M. Wasserstrom (Reed College)