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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