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

Author: Mary F. Thurlkill
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Category:

• Acknowledgments
• Preliminary Notes
• Translations
• Transliteration
• Dates
• Introduction
• Chapter One: Holy Women in Context
• Mary, the Church, and the Merovingians
• Fatima, the Holy Family, and Shi`ite Dynasties
• Chapter Two: Holy Women in Holy Texts
• Medieval and Modern Audiences: Islam
• Sources and Gender
• Chapter Three: Virgins and Wombs
• Blessed Virgin Mary
• Fatima al-Batul (the Virgin)
• Virgin Mothers?
• Chapter Four: Mothers and Families
• Right Doctrine
• Right Communities
• Right Gender
• Chapter Five: Sacred Art and Architecture
• Images or Idols?
• Mary in Built Form
• Fatima and the ahl al-bayt in Built Form
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Genealogies
• Glossary of Arabic Terms
• Abbreviations
• Notes
• Introduction
• Chapter One. Holy Women in Context
• Chapter Two. Holy Women in Holy Texts
• Chapter Three. Virgins and Wombs
• Chapter Four. Mothers and Families
• Chapter Five. Sacred Art and Architecture
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources