Christian martyrs under Islam : religious violence and the making of the Muslim world /
How did the medieval Middle East transform from a majority-Christian world to a majority-Muslim world, and what role did violence play in this process? Christian Martyrs under Islam explains how Christians across the early Islamic caliphate slowly converted to the faith of the Arab conquerors and ho...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2018.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- A Note to Readers
- Maps
- Introduction: Christian Martyrs under Islam
- 1. Converting to Islam and Returning to Christianity
- 2. Converting from Islam to Christianity
- 3. Blaspheming against Islam
- 4. Trying and Killing Christian Martyrs
- 5. Creating Saints and Communities
- Conclusion: Making of the Muslim World
- Appendix 1. Comparing Christian and Muslim Accounts of Martyrdom
- Appendix 2. Glossary of Names and Key Words
- Bibliography
- Index