A brief history of saints /

A brief history of saints /

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Author / Creator:Cunningham, Lawrence.
Imprint:Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Description:vii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language:English
Series:Blackwell brief histories of religion
Blackwell brief histories of religion.
Subject:
Christian saints -- Cult -- History.
Canonization -- History.
Canonization.
Christian saints -- Cult.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13206157
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ISBN:1405114010
9781405114011
1405114029
9781405114028
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-168) and index.
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Summary:"A Brief History of Saints follows the rise of the cult of saints in Christianity from its origin in the age of the martyrs down to the present day. Referring to both well-known saints such as Joan of Arc and lesser-known figures like the "holy fools" in the Orthodox tradition, the book ranges over subjects as diverse as the history of canonization processes, the Reformation critique of the cult of saints, and the role of saints in other religious traditions." "While special attention is paid to the Western tradition, Eastern Christianity is also considered. The final chapters outline how the saints may serve as a theological resource, as well as discussing the relavance of sainthood in postmodern culture. The volume contains additional material on patron saints and the iconography of saints in art."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Cunningham, Lawrence. Brief history of saints. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005 1405114010 9781405114011
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Saint: Beginnings
  • Introduction
  • Beginnings
  • The Martyrs
  • Literature
  • After Constantine
  • 2. The Bureaucratization of Sanctity
  • Liturgical Memory of the Saints
  • The Saintly Legend
  • Regularizing Sainthood
  • A Test Case: Francis of Assisi
  • The Christian East
  • The Many Meanings of the Saints
  • Pilgrimage
  • Venerating Saints: A Theological Clarification
  • 3. Reformations Catholic and Protestant
  • The Age of the Reformers
  • The Catholic Reformation
  • The New Martyrs
  • The Papal Curia and Canonization
  • The Saints and Scholarship
  • 4. Towards the Modern World
  • Worlds Divided
  • New Forms of Religious Life
  • Doctors of the Church
  • The Starets
  • The Tractarians and the Saints
  • 5. The Twentieth Century
  • Schools of Spirituality
  • A New Saintliness
  • The New Martyrs
  • John Paul II: Saints and Evangelization
  • An Anglican and Lutheran Calendar
  • 6. The Saints, World Religions, and the future
  • Introduction
  • Some Terminology
  • Saints as a Theological Resource
  • Saints and the Continuity of Religious Tradition
  • Appendix I. Patronal Saints
  • Appendix II. Iconography of the Saints
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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