Chosen Among Women: Mary and Fatima in Medieval Christianity and Shi`ite Islam

by Mary F. Thurlkill

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Chosen among Women: Mary and Fatima in Medieval Christianity and Shi ite Islam combines historical analysis with the tools of gender studies and religious studies to compare the roles of the Virgin Mary in medieval Christianity with those of Fatima, daughter of the prophet Muhammad, in Shi ite Islam. The book explores the proliferation of Marian imagery in Late Antiquity through the Church fathers and popular hagiography. It examines how...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0268042314

ISBN13:9780268042318

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Catholicism Christian Books & Bibles Christianity Church History Comparative Religion Education & Reference Gender Studies History Humanities Islam Mariology Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Shi'ism Social Sciences Theology Women in History World

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