The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam by Kueny, Kathryn M.
The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam by Kueny, Kathryn M.

The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam

Why does Islam condemn wine and other alcoholic beverages? The complexity behind this simple question is examined...
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Author: Kathryn M. Kueny
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Language: English
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The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam by Kueny, Kathryn M.

The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam

$124.06
The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam by Kueny, Kathryn M.

The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam

$124.06
Author: Kathryn M. Kueny
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Why does Islam condemn wine and other alcoholic beverages? The complexity behind this simple question is examined in The Rhetoric of Sobriety. Drawing on an array of revelatory, legal, historical, and exegetical materials (both Sunni and Shi'ite) from the early Islamic period, and contrasting them with comparable Judaic and Christian works from the same era, the author analyzes the rhetoric used to establish the proper authoritative boundaries that would contain wine's ambiguous nature. How believers chose to identify wine as a marginal substance and assert its prohibition offers a rare glimpse into the underlying intellectual strategies of early Muslim thought to resolve conflict, create meaning, structure the world, govern human behavior, and convey the divine message. Ultimately, this examination reveals some of the ways in which the early Islamic community created its identity, and asserted it over other confessional groups with similar convictions.

Author: Kathryn M. Kueny
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 07/26/2001
Pages: 199
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.89w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780791450543


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2002 pg. 1604
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 143

About the Author
Kathryn Kueny is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Lawrence University.


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