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Cunningham, Lawrence A Brief History of Saints Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion 1. Edition November 2004 83.90 Euro 2004. 192 Pages, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4051-1401-1 - John Wiley & Sons
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Detailed description 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. * Refers to both well-known saints, such as Joan of Arc, and lesser-known figures like the 'holy fools' in the Orthodox tradition * 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 * Discusses the relevance of sainthood in the postmodern era * Two appendices describe patron saints and the iconography of saints in art. From the 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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