Speaking across the stars: parallel affective communities in Islamic and Christian hagiography’
This essay examines the synergies between the ‘affective’ or ‘emotional’ communities formed by hagiographies of contemplative women in medieval Islamic and Christian traditions. This is powerfully evident in a range of texts, including: Abū ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān alSulamī’s (d. 1021) Dhikr an-Niswa al-M...
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Boydell & Brewer
2023
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| Summary: | This essay examines the synergies between the ‘affective’ or ‘emotional’ communities
formed by hagiographies of contemplative women in medieval Islamic and Christian
traditions. This is powerfully evident in a range of texts, including: Abū ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān alSulamī’s (d. 1021) Dhikr an-Niswa al-Mutaʿabbitdat Aṣ-Ṣufiyyat (Remembrances of Women
Sufi Devotees); Jacques de Vitry’s (d. 1240) Vita Mariæ Oigniacensis (Life of Marie
d’Oignies); and Thomas de Cantimpré’s (d. 1272) Vita Lutgardis (Life of Lutgarde). In both
religious traditions, intimate and rapturous encounter of the Divine is shaped by loving,
prayerful exchange with the Beloved – an exchange strengthened by reclusive asceticism. |
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