The construction of orthodoxy and heresy
Neo-Confucian, Islamic, Jewish, and early Christian patterns
by John B. Henderson
This book presents the first systematic and cross-cultural exploration of ideas of heresy, as well as orthodoxy, in a group of major religious traditions, including Neo-Confucianism, Sunni Islam, rabbinic Judaism, and early Christianity. It shows how authorities in all four of these traditions used common strategies to distinguish orthodox truth from heretical error. These same strategies often appear in modern ideological polemics and studies of deviance as well as in traditional religious controversies.
The party that most effectively uses these strategies often gains a decisive advantage in the struggle among competing claimants to orthodoxy.
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Heresy, Comparative studies, Hérésie, Études comparatives, RELIGION, LeadershipShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The construction of orthodoxy and heresy: Neo-Confucian, Islamic, Jewish, and early Christian patterns
1998, State University of New York Press
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0791437590 9780791437599
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.
Several of these papers were presented at several universities.
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