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- Title
Christian Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire: The Case of Hindiyya the Nun, 1720–1798.
- Authors
Matar, Nabil
- Abstract
Focuses on the life and teachings of Hindiyya Ujaimy, a nun from Aleppo, Syria who migrated and settled in Lebanon in the eighteenth century, and showed how a Christian woman was able to lead a spiritual life in the heart of the Ottoman empire. Establishment of an Order that was later dissolved for nuns dedicated to the devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Comment of a manuscript that recorded her sayings; Reason behind the support given to her by the Maronite establishment.
- Subjects
UJAIMY, Hindiyya; CHRISTIAN women; OTTOMAN Empire; SPIRITUAL life; ORDER &; religion; NUNS; DEVOTION to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; MARONITES
- Publication
Muslim World, 2005, Vol 95, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
0027-4909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1478-1913.2005.00090.x