Hindiyya, mystic and criminal (1720-1798) : a political and religious crisis in Lebanon / Bernard Heyberger ; translated by Rene�e Champion.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : mapContent type: - text
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- Hindiyya, mystique et criminelle (1720-1798). English
- al-Ujaimi, Hindiyya, 1720-1798
- Catholic Church -- Lebanon -- History -- 18th century
- al-Ujaimi, Hindiyya, 1720-1798
- Catholic Church
- al-Ujaimi, Hindiyya, 1720-1798
- Catholic Church
- Lebanon -- Religion -- 18th century
- Lebanon -- History -- 1516-1918
- al-Ujaimi, Hindiyya, -- 1720-1798
- Catholic Church -- Lebanon -- History -- 18th century
- Lebanon -- History -- 1516-1918
- Lebanon -- Religion -- 18th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious
- RELIGION -- Christianity -- Orthodox
- HISTORY -- Europe -- General
- Religion
- Lebanon
- Religion
- Philosophy & Religion
- Christianity
- 1516-1918
- 281.52092 23
- BX4713.595.A48 H49 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1. An Aleppine childhood (1720-1746) -- pt. 2. Saint and founder (1746-1753) -- pt. 3. From saint to demon (1753-1777) -- pt. 4. The denouement (1777-1798).
Translated from the French.
In this compelling narrative, Bernard Heyberger relates the fascinating history of Hindiyya 'Ujaymi, a highly charismatic eighteenth-century mystic of sinister repute.Heyberger makes a careful study of Hindiyya's life from earliest childhood, with a detailed picture of her formative years in the eighteenth century Christian community of Aleppo, the domestic reality of which is little known, exploring the influences she would have experienced. He leads us through her spiritual development under the direction of the Jesuits, her determination to found a new religious order, and the tragic histor.
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