From Acolyte to Sahabi?: Christian Monks as Symbols of Early Confessional Fluidity in the Conversion Story of Salman al-Farisi

Authors :: Bowman, Bradley
Source :: Harvard Theological Review. January, 2019, Vol. 112 Issue 1, p55, 21 p.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Abstract This paper will examine the narrative of Salman al-Farisi/'the Persian' and his conversion to Islam, as recounted in the eighth-century Sira of Ibn Ishaq, as a lens into the [...]

Subjects :: Conversion (Religion) -- Analysis
Religious leaders -- Social aspects
Monastic life -- Analysis
Monks -- Social aspects
Islam -- Social aspects
Christianity -- Social aspects
Muslims
Christian theology
Philosophy and religion

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