{"product_id":"spiritual-grammar-genre-and-the-saintly-subject-in-islam-and-christianity-paperback-softback-9780823283699","title":"Spiritual Grammar; Genre and the Saintly Subject in Islam and Christianity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780823283699","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpiritual Grammar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGenre and the Saintly Subject in Islam and Christianity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eF. Dominic Longo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823283699\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 June 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiritual Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e identifies a genre of religious literature that until now has not been recognized as such. In this surprising and theoretically nuanced study, F. Dominic Longo reveals how grammatical structures of language addressed in two medieval texts published nearly four centuries apart, from distinct religious traditions, offer a metaphor for how the self is embedded in spiritual reality. Reading The Grammar of Hearts (Nahw al-qulūb) by the great Sufi shaykh and Islamic scholar 'Abd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī (d. 1074) and Moralized Grammar (Donatus moralizatus) by Christian theologian Jean Gerson (d. 1429), Longo reveals how both authors use the rules of language and syntax to advance their pastoral goals. Indeed, grammar provides the two masters with a fresh way of explaining spiritual reality to their pupils and to discipline the souls of their readers in the hopes that their writings would make others adept in the grammar of the heart.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e   xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003e  xiii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e. Genre Trouble: Queering Grammar for Spiritual Purposes   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e Arabic, Latin, and the Discipline of Grammar in the Worlds of Qushayrī and Gerson   27\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e Genres and Genders of Gerson   53\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eGerson's \"Moralized\" Primer of Spiritual Grammar   81\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e From the Names of God to the Grammar of Hearts   117\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Forming Spiritual Fuṣaḥāʾ: Qushayrī's Advanced Grammar of Hearts   150\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e The Fruits of Comparison: Constructing a Theology of Grammar   186\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendix\u003c\/b\u003e. Translation of Jean Gerson's Moralized Grammar   217\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  269\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702482071832,"sku":"9780823283699","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spiritual-grammar-genre-and-the-saintly-subject-in-islam-and-christianity-paperback-softback-9780823283699","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}