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The Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy: Neo-confucian, Islamic, Jewish, and Early Christian Patterns John B. Henderson 1st edition
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The Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy: Neo-confucian, Islamic, Jewish, and Early Christian Patterns
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, 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.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 23, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780791437605 |
| Publishers | State University of New York Press |
| Pages | 286 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 230 × 20 mm · 362 g |
| Language | English |
