{"product_id":"spiritual-grammar-f-dominic-longo-9780823283699","title":"Spiritual Grammar: Genre and the Saintly Subject in Islam and Christianity","description":"\u003ci\u003eSpiritual Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e identifies a genre of religious literature that until now has not been recognized as such. In this surprising and theoretically nuanced study, F. Dominic Longo reveals how grammatical structures of language addressed in two medieval texts published nearly four centuries apart, from distinct religious traditions, offer a metaphor for how the self is embedded in spiritual reality. Reading The Grammar of Hearts (Nahw al-qulūb) by the great Sufi shaykh and Islamic scholar 'Abd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī (d. 1074) and Moralized Grammar (Donatus moralizatus) by Christian theologian Jean Gerson (d. 1429), Longo reveals how both authors use the rules of language and syntax to advance their pastoral goals. Indeed, grammar provides the two masters with a fresh way of explaining spiritual reality to their pupils and to discipline the souls of their readers in the hopes that their writings would make others adept in the grammar of the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e F. Dominic Longo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823283690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823283699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"F. Dominic Longo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926560145663,"sku":"9780823283699","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5db7edff-7b6f-4694-9ec3-3e516d310c01.jpg?v=1681083748","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spiritual-grammar-f-dominic-longo-9780823283699","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}