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Embracing the Divine: Gender, Passion and Politics in Christian Middle East, 1720-1798 (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
Akram Fouad Khater
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Hardcover. Compelling in its cinematic scope-resplendent with the requisite villains and mysterious events infused with sinister and sexual tensions, tragedy, and pathos- Hindiyya's story holds within its folds a larger tale about the construction of a new Christianity in the Levant. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Hindiyya al–’Ujaimi, a young eighteenth–century nun whose faith was matched by her ambition and intellect, lies at the heart of this absorbing history of Middle Eastern Christianity. At the age of twenty-six, Hindiyya left her hometown of Aleppo to establish a convent in the mountains of Lebanon. Her order and her growing public profile as a visionary and living saint met with stiff opposition from Latin missionaries and with mistrust from the Vatican. Church authorities were suspicious of feminine spirituality and independent religious authority, eventually subjecting her to two Inquisitions by the Vatican. Sentenced to spend her entire life imprisoned, ... Read more
Hindiyya al–’Ujaimi, a young eighteenth–century nun whose faith was matched by her ambition and intellect, lies at the heart of this absorbing history of Middle Eastern Christianity. At the age of twenty-six, Hindiyya left her hometown of Aleppo to establish a convent in the mountains of Lebanon. Her order and her growing public profile as a visionary and living saint met with stiff opposition from Latin missionaries and with mistrust from the Vatican. Church authorities were suspicious of feminine spirituality and independent religious authority, eventually subjecting her to two Inquisitions by the Vatican. Sentenced to spend her entire life imprisoned, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632610
SKU
V9780815632610
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