Thomas SizgorichViolence and Belief in Late Antiquity
Militant Devotion in Christianity and Islam
Introduction
Chapter 1. "The Devil Spoke from Scripture": Boundary Maintenance and
Communal Integrity in Late Antiquity
Chapter 2. "The Living Voice of Kindred Blood": Narrative, Identity, and
the Primordial Past
Chapter 3. "What Has the Pious in Common with the Impious?" Ambrose,
Libanius, and the Problem of Late Antique Religious Violence
Chapter 4. "Are You Christians?" Violence, Ascetics, and Knowing One's Own
Chapter 5. "Horsemen by Day and Monks by Night": Narrative and Community in
Islamic Late Antiquity
Chapter 6. "The Sword Scrapes away Transgressions": Ascetic Praxis and
Communal Boundaries in Late Antique Islam
Chapter 7. "Do You Not Fear God?" The Khawarij in Early Islamic Society
Chapter 8. "This Is a Very Filthy Question, and No One Should Discuss It":
The Messy World of Ibn Hanbal
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
