| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction; Holy Women in Context; Holy Women in Holy Texts; Virgins and Wombs; Mothers and Families; Sacred Art and Architecture; Conclusion; Genealogies; Glossary; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Chosen among Women: Mary and Fatima in Medieval Christianity and Shìite Islam combines historical analysis with the tools of gender studies and religious studies to compare the roles of the Virgin Mary in medieval Christianity with those of Fatima, daughter of the prophet Muhammad, in Shìite Islam. The book explores the proliferation of Marian imagery in Late Antiquity through the Church fathers and popular hagiography. It examines how Merovingian authors assimilated powerful queens and abbesses to a Marian prototype to articulate their political significance and, at the same time, censure holy women's public charisma. Mary Thurlkill focuses as well on the importance of Fatima in the evolution of Shìite identity throughout the Middle East. She examines how scholars such as Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi advertised Fatima as a symbol of the Shìite holy family and its glorified status in paradise, while simultaneously binding her as a mother to the domestic sphere and patriarchal authority. This important comparative look at feminine ideals in both Shìite Islam and medieval Christianity is of relevance and value in the modern world, and it will be welcomed by scholars and students of Islam, comparative religion, medieval Christianity, and gender studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Fāṭimah, -632 or 633.
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Fāṭimah, -632 or 633 |
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint |
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Shīʿah -- Doctrines -- History
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RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies.
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Theology, Doctrinal
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Shīʻah -- Doctrines
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0268093717 |
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9780268093716 |
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0268093822 |
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9780268093822 |
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