Mary and Fatima in Medieval Christianity and Shi`ite Islam
by
Mary F. Thurlkill
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2008
Chosen among Women: Mary and Fatima in Medieval Christianity and Shi`ite Islam combines historical analysis with the tools of gender studies and religious studies to compare the roles of the Virgin Mary in medieval Christianity with those of Fatima, daughter of the prophet Muhammad, in Shi`ite Islam....