Bradley Bowman

Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

During the rise of Islam, Muslim fascination with Christian monastic life was articulated through a fluid, piety-centred movement. Bradley Bowman explores this confessional synthesis between like-minded religious groups in the medieval Near East. He argues that this potential ecumenism would have been based upon the sharing of core tenets concerning piety and righteous behaviour. Such fundamental attributes, long associated with monasticism in the East, likely served as a mutually inclusive common ground for Muslim and Christian communities of the period. This manifested itself in Muslim appreciation, interest and - at times - participation in Christian monastic life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474479714
• Artikelnr.: 72418594

Autorenporträt

Assistant Professor of History at the University of Louisville. He has published an article in the Harvard Theological Review and has two further articles under review with the Journal of Medieval Encounters and Christian-Muslim Relations.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. The Wombs of the Wadis: An Inquiry into Christian Monastic Life
of the Medieval Islamic Era; 2. The Changing Fortunes of Christian Holy
Places in the Seventh Century Near East; 3. Monastic Life under Caliphal
Rule in the Early Centuries; 4. Between Temples and Taverns: The Case for
Confessional Flexibility at Monasteries; 5. Refuge in the Bosoms of the
Mountains: Medieval Muslim Appreciation for Christian Monasticism and
Intersecting Boundaries of Confessional Identity; 6. The God-Fearers: A
Righteous Tie that Binds.