Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Global Case Studies from the Premodern Period
Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Spirituality and Monasticism, East and West
ISBN: 978-1-64189-394-7
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
This volume comparatively explores how members of “monastic” communities, broadly understood, developed practical strategies for the construction of identity across a range of religious traditions in the greater regions of premodern Europe and Asia. In particular, it seeks to understand how the production, distribution, and reception of hagiographic material (written, visual, and performative) served as a tool for the implementation of “monastic” dynamics of legitimation. This is accomplished by pursuing and developing a two-fold approach. At an empirical level, the volume expands our scholarly understanding of the cross-cultural processes that characterize religious communities’ notions of identity. At a meta-level, it furthers a re-evaluation of our taxonomy as it challenges established notions of categories such as “monk/monastic” and “hagiography.”
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction, by Dean Accardi, Emilia Jamroziak, and Marco Papasidero
Chapter 1. Communal and Individual Monastic Identity in Gregory the Great’s Dialogues, by Nikolas Hoel
Chapter 2. Hagiography and Monastic Legitimacy in the Translation of St Helena’s Relics to Hautvillers, by Marco Papasidero
Chapter 3. The Many Hagiographical Identities of the Chinese Buddhist Nun Zhujin, by Jennifer Eichman
Chapter 4. Hagiography Beyond the Saints: Redefining Genre and Kashmiri Identity through Sanctifying Narrative, by Dean Accardi
Chapter 5. A Re-membered Community: The Myth of Sankara and the Making of the Smartas, by Nabanjan Maitra
Chapter 6. The Ascetic and the Ecstatic: Examples of Identity Construction in the Ramanandi Sampradaya, by Daniela Bevilacqua
Conclusions. Negotiating the Holy across Time and Place, by Sita Steckel
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