A brief history of saints /
"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 bo...
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| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2005.
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| Series: | Blackwell brief histories of religion
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Table of Contents:
- The saint : beginnings
- The bureaucratization of sanctity
- Reformations Catholic and Protestant
- Towards the modern world
- The twentieth century
- The saints, world religions, and the future.