Shared Saints and Festivals Among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Medieval Mediterranean - Couverture souple

Cuffel, Alexandra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1802701680 ISBN 13 : 9781802701685

Editeur : Arc Humanities Press, 2024

Synopsis

This book explores shared religious practices among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, focusing primarily on the medieval Mediterranean. It examines the meanings members of each community ascribed to the presence of the religious other at "their" festivals or holy sites during pilgrimage. Communal boundaries were often redefined or dissolved during pilgrimage and religious festivals. Yet, paradoxically, shared practices served to enforce communal boundaries, since many of the religious elite devised polemical interpretations of these phenomena which highlighted the superiority of their own faith. Such interpretations became integral to each group’s theological understanding of self and other to such a degree that in some regions, religious minorities were required to participate in the festivals of the ruling community. In all formulations, “otherness” remained an essential component of both polemic and prayer.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alexandra Cuffel is Professor of Jewish Religion and History at Ruhr University, Bochum (Germany). Her research interests focus on medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim relations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arc Humanities Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1802701680
• ISBN 13: 9781802701685
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 326
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