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Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam

Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam

Hardcover

Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryIslamGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 1474479685
ISBN13: 9781474479684
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Apr 13 2021
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
During the rise of Islam, Muslim fascination with Christian monastic life was articulated through a fluid, piety-centred movement. Bradley Bowman explores this confessional synthesis between like-minded religious groups in the medieval Near East. He argues that this potential ecumenism would have been based upon the sharing of core tenets concerning piety and righteous behaviour. Such fundamental attributes, long associated with monasticism in the East, likely served as a mutually inclusive common ground for Muslim and Christian communities of the period. This manifested itself in Muslim appreciation, interest and - at times - participation in Christian monastic life.

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