Brief History of Saints

Name: Brief History of Saints
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ISBN: 9781405114028

ISBN-10: 1405114029

ISBN-13: 9781405114028

Edition: 2005

Authors: Lawrence S. Cunningham

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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.

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.40" wide x 7.40" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



List of illustrations


Introduction



The Saint: Beginnings


Introduction


Beginnings


The Martyrs


Literature


After Constantine



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



Reformations Catholic and Protestant


The Age of the Reformers


The Catholic Reformation


The New Martyrs


The Papal Curia and Canonization


The Saints and Scholarship



Towards the Modern World


Worlds Divided


New Forms of Religious Life


Doctors of the Church


The Starets


The Tractarians and the Saints



The Twentieth Century


Schools of Spirituality


A New Saintliness


The New Martyrs


John Paul II: Saints and Evangelization


An Anglican and Lutheran Calendar



The Saints, World Religions, and the future


Introduction


Some Terminology


Saints as a Theological Resource


Saints and the Continuity of Religious Tradition



Patronal Saints



Iconography of the Saints


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index