A Faithful Sea: The Religious Cultures of the Mediterranean

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A Faithful Sea: The Religious Cultures of the Mediterranean, 1200-1700
by Adnan A. Husain

Review
"A beguiling entry into a fascinating history. Subtle analyses, rich case studies, and moving vignettes beckon the reader into a past in which Muslims, Christians, and Jews built their worlds side by side." -- David Nirenberg - Professor of Medieval History, Johns Hopkins University

"An erudite collection of essays examining the religious culture of the Mediterranean Sea." -- Nabil Matar - Professor of English at Florida Institute of Technology, and author of 'In the Lands of the Christians'

"Charts a direction for Mediterranean history that is sure to be influential." -- Thomas Burman - Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee

"This wide-ranging and scholarly collection of articles embraces the artistic, literary, cultural, economic, and legal historiography of the pre-modern Mediterranean. It advances every subject on which it touches." -- Peregrine Horden - Author of 'The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History'

"A beguiling entry into a fascinating history. Subtle analyses, rich case studies, and moving vignettes beckon the reader into a past in which Muslims, Christians, and Jews built their worlds side by side." -- David Nirenberg - Professor of Medieval History, Johns Hopkins University

"This wide-ranging and scholarly collection of articles embraces the artistic, literary, cultural, economic, and legal historiography of the pre-modern Mediterranean. It advances every subject on which it touches." Peregrine Horden - Author of "The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History"

This wide-ranging and scholarly collection of articles embraces the artistic, literary, cultural, economic, and legal historiography of the pre-modern Mediterranean. It advances every subject on which it touches. -- Peregrine Horden - Author of 'The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History'

Product Description
Contemporary academia relies upon categorization. One can study Africa or Europe; East or West; the Middle Ages or the Early Modern period. In this innovative collection of essays, the Mediterranean is taken as a whole. The birthplace of the three principal monotheistic religions, it is shown to be a distinct cultural space characterized by hybridity, diversity, and cultural dynamism.

About the Author
Adnan A. Husain is Associate Professor and a Queen's National Scholar at Queen's University, Kingston. K.E. Fleming is Director of the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at New York University, and Associate Director of the Remarque Institute.