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Author Henderson, John B., 1948-

Title The construction of orthodoxy and heresy : Neo-Confucian, Islamic, Jewish, and early Christian patterns / John B. Henderson
Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents 1. Preliminary Overview of Heresy and Heresiography 7 -- 2. The Making of Orthodoxies 39 -- 3. The Construction of Orthodoxy 85 -- 4. The Construction of Heresy 119 -- Epilogue: The Providentiality of Heresy 171
Summary "This book presents the first systematic and cross-cultural exploration of ideas of heresy, as well as orthodoxy, in a group of major religious traditions, including Neo-Confucianism, Sunni Islam, rabbinic Judaism, and early Christianity. It shows how authorities in all four of these traditions used common strategies to distinguish orthodox truth from heretical error. These same strategies often appear in modern ideological polemics and studies of deviance as well as in traditional religious controversies. The party that most effectively uses these strategies often gains a decisive advantage in the struggle among competing claimants to orthodoxy."--Jacket
Notes Several of these papers were presented at several universities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index
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Subject Heresy -- Comparative studies
RELIGION -- Leadership.
Heresy
Genre/Form Comparative studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97026847
ISBN 0585067104
9780585067100
1438406436
9781438406435