Cross Veneration in the Medieval Islamic World

Christian Identity and Practice Under Muslim Rule

AvCharles Tieszen

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Engelska, 2016

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One of the most common religious practices among medieval Eastern Christian communities was their devotion to venerating crosses and crucifixes. Yet many of these communities existed in predominantly Islamic contexts, where the practice was subject to much criticism and often resulted in accusations of idolatry. How did Christians respond to these allegations? Why did they advocate the preservation of a practice that was often met with confusion or even contempt?

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-02-28
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781786721587
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Serie:Early and Medieval Islamic World

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Charles Tieszen is SIS Adjunct Professor for Islamic studies and Christian-Muslim relations at Fuller Theological Seminary, US. He is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and an editor for the project Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. He has most recently published Cross Veneration in the Medieval Islamic World (I.B. Tauris, 2017) and Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue (2018) .

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Tieszen has written a valuable and accessible book, one that patiently and systematically explores an important theme in the earliest Christian encounter with Islam. While his book will certainly be of interest to historians of Muslim-Christian relations, other readers too will find much of value here, including historians of late antiquity, early Islam, and Byzantium, as well as specialists in the history of iconoclasm and liturgy.

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Introduction – Tracing the Life of a Theological IdeaChapter 1 – Writing about Crosses in Medieval Islamic MilieusChapter 2 – Muslims and Christians Stumbling over CrossesChapter 3 – The Cross is a Mirror of Muslim IdolatryChapter 4 – The Cross is a Symbol and Source of PowerChapter 5 – The Cross is Christ and the Distinctive Mark of His FriendsConclusion – Cruciform Believers as Icons in the Medieval Islamic WorldAppendix – An Abbreviated Guide to the Sources