Crossing Confessional Boundaries: Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions

by John Renard

Book Overview

Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another's communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Crossing Confessional Boundaries explores the complex roles played by saints, sages, and Friends of God in the communal and intercommunal lives of Christians, Muslims, and Jews across the Mediterranean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520287924
• ISBN13: 9780520287921
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"