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Author Renard, John, 1944- author

Title Crossing confessional boundaries exemplary lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions John Renard
Published Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 345 pages)
Series The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Contents 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis abrahamic religions
christian hagiography
christianity
christians
comparative religion
comparative religions
faith based comparison
friends of god
hagiography
history of abrahamic faiths
history of interfaith dialogue
islam
islamic studies
jewish studies
jews
judaism
muslims
religion in late antiquity
religion in the mediterranean
religion in the middle ages
religious education
religious studies
sages
saints
world theology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Abrahamic religions -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500
Saints -- History -- To 1500
Abrahamic religions -- Relations
RELIGION -- Islam -- History.
Abrahamic religions
Saints
Mediterranean Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019045329
ISBN 9780520962903
0520962907