Spiritual Grammar: Genre and the Saintly Subject in Islam and Christianity
Literary analysis and theological interpretation of Catholic, University of Paris chancellor Jean Gerson's (d. 1429) Donatus moralizatus and Muslim, Sufi scholar ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī's (d. 1072) Naḥw al-qulūb. Argues that the genre of these two religious texts aims to engender saintly...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Fordham University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions Ser
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Longo, F. Dominic: Spiritual Grammar : Genre and the Saintly Subject in Islam and Christianity. - New York : Fordham University Press,c2017 |
| Summary: | Literary analysis and theological interpretation of Catholic, University of Paris chancellor Jean Gerson's (d. 1429) Donatus moralizatus and Muslim, Sufi scholar ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī's (d. 1072) Naḥw al-qulūb. Argues that the genre of these two religious texts aims to engender saintly readers and uses grammar as metaphor for spiritual realities Half Title -- Series Announcement Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Half Title -- Introduction. Genre Trouble: Queering Grammar for Spiritual Purposes -- 1. Arabic, Latin, and the Discipline of Grammar in the Worlds of Qushayrī and Gerson -- 2. Genres and Genders of Gerson -- 3. Gerson's "Moralized" Primer of Spiritual Grammar -- 4. From the Names of God to the Grammar of Hearts -- 5. Forming Spiritual Fuṣaḥāʾ: Qushayrī's Advanced Grammar of Hearts -- 6. The Fruits of Comparison: Constructing a Theology of Grammar -- Appendix. Translation of Jean Gerson's Moralized Grammar -- Notes -- Index -- Series Page |
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| ISBN: | 0823276732 |