Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity: Militant Devotion in Christianity and Islam

by Thomas Sizgorich

Book Overview

Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity Militant Devotion in Christianity and Islam Thomas Sizgorich "Thomas Sizgorich is . . . a scholar truly at home in both the late antique and early Islamic worlds who does a superlative job of illustrating the continuities between them."--American Historical Review "In this bold and learned book, Thomas Sizgorich probes the ideological roots of violence in the Christian and Muslim communities of late antiquity."--Church...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223055
• ISBN13: 9780812223057
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"