Violence and belief in late antiquity: militant devotion in Christianity and Islam

Introduction -- "The devil spoke from Scripture" : boundary maintenance and communal integrity in late antiquity -- "The living voice of kindred blood" : narrative, identity, and the primordial past -- "What has the pious in common with the impious?" : Ambrose, Libanius...

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Main Author: Sizgorich, Thomas 1970-2011 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:Violence and belief in late antiquity. Militant devotion in Christianity and Islam. By Thomas Sizgorich. (Divinations. Rereading Late Ancient Religion.) Pp. viii+398. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. £36 (55). 978 0 8122 4113 6 (2010) (Fowden, Elizabeth Key)
Series/Journal:Divinations: Rereading late ancient religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Late Antiquity / Christianity / Religion / Violence / Islam
Further subjects:B Martyrdom Christianity
B Martyrdom Islam
B Identity (Psychology) Religious aspects Islam
B Violence Religious aspects Islam
B Identity (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity
B Violence Religious aspects Christianity
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