Christianity in Fifteenth-Century Iraq

AvThomas A. Carlson

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Christians in fifteenth-century Iraq and al-Jazīra were socially and culturally home in the Middle East, practicing their distinctive religion despite political instability. This insightful book challenges the normative Eurocentrism of scholarship on Christianity and the Islamic exceptionalism of much Middle Eastern history to reveal the often unexpected ways in which inter-religious interactions were peaceful or violent in this region. The multifaceted communal self-concept of the 'Church of the East' (so-called 'Nestorians') reveals cultural integration, with certain distinctive features. The process of patriarchal succession clearly borrowed ideas from surrounding Christian and Muslim groups, while public rituals and communal history reveal specifically Christian responses to concerns shared with Muslim neighbors. Drawing on sources from various languages, including Arabic, Armenian, Persian, and Syriac, this book opens new possibilities for understanding the rich, diverse, and fascinating society and culture that existed in Iraq during this time.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-06-18
Mått:153 x 230 x 20 mm
Vikt:600 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Antal sidor:324
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316637135

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Thomas A. Carlson is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History at Oklahoma State University. His research explores the religious, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of medieval society from Cairo to Samarqand to Constantinople, as well as the multifaceted and contingent process of Islamization. His articles have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the Journal of the American Oriental Society, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, and elsewhere.

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'This book is a masterpiece and a model. It is a masterpiece of discovery. Through meticulous use of seldom-considered texts in every language of the region, it brings alive a long-neglected section of the population of Iraq in the late middle ages - the Christians: the structure of their churches; their relations with their Muslim neighbors and rulers; their quite distinctive sense of religious community. The book is a model for future work. It offers a way to do justice to the unsuspected diversity of the Middle East. All too often presented to us as a monolithic, Islamic region, the creativity of medieval Iraq and elsewhere arises, in fact, from the continued juxtaposition of new and ancient faiths in what had remained, since ancient times, an ever-fertile and variegated 'cradle of civilization'.' Peter Brown, Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton University, New Jersey

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Coming into focus: the world of fifteenth-century Iraq and al-Jazīra; 2. Muslim lords and their Christian flocks; 3. Living with suspicious neighbors in a violent world; 4. Interlude: concepts of communities; 5. Bridges and barriers of doctrine; 6. Practical theology in a dangerous time; 7. Rituals: the texture of belonging; 8. Desperate measures: the changing ecclesiastical hierarchy; 9. The power of the past: communal history for present needs; Conclusion; Appendix A. Glossary; Appendix B. Lists of rulers and patriarchs; Appendix C. The patriarchal succession of the Church of the East; Appendix D. Dating the ritual for reception of heretics.