Saints and Sanctity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Striving for Remembrance

ISBN-13: 9781138307803 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 282 str.

Alexandre Coello De La Rosa; Linda G. Jones

Opis

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all yield intriguing similarities and differences in their respective conceptions of sanctity. This edited collection explores the various literary and cultural productions associated with the cult of saints and pious figures, as well as the socio-historical contexts in which sainthood operates.

Spis treści

1 Introduction. Alexandre Coello and Linda G. Jones; Part I: Holiness, Saints, and Sanctity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; 2 Holiness, Saints, and Sanctity in Judaism-Alexandra Cuffel; 3 Holiness, Saints, and Sanctity in Christianitnity- Linda G. Jones; 4 Holiness, Saints, and Sanctity in Islam- Linda G. Jones; Part II: Case Studies; 5 Missionary martyrdoms and relics in the Mariana Islands: the cases of Jesuit Fathers Luis de Medina and Father Manuel de Solórzano, SJ -Alexandre Coello de la Rosa; 6 Models of Sanctity in the Medieval Islamic West: The Cases of Abū Ya‘zā and al-Yuḥānisī”-Rachid El Hour; 7 A Mudejar Community of Saints: Reconfiguring Sanctity among the Mudejars of Aragon (13th-14h c.)-Linda G. Jones; 8 Masculinity, Sexuality, and Sanctity in the Ottoman Hagiographical Narratives: The Case of the Velāyet-nāme-i Ḥācī Bektaş-ı Velī-Ozgen Felek ; 9 Jewish Saints and Sanctuaries in Colonial Morocco- Maite Ojeda Mata ;10 Remembering a Moroccan Female Jewish Saint: Sol Hachuel through Her Nephew’s Letters to the Alliance Israélite Universelle (1880-1897)-Araceli González Vázquez; 11 Sufi Sainthood, Modernity, and Reformism: Sheikh Bin ‘Alīwa and the Colonial Maghreb”- Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste; 12 Concluding Remarks- Alexandre Coello and Linda G. Jones; 13 Contributors.