| Description |
xv, 462 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, photographs ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The local politics of sainthood -- Saints, their cults, and canonization -- The saint-makers -- The witness of martyrs -- Mystics, visionaries, and wonder-workers -- The science of miracles and the miracles of science -- The structure of holiness : proving heroic virtue -- The harmonics of holiness : interpreting the life of grace -- Popes as saints : canonization as church politics -- Pius IX and the posthumous politics of canonization -- Sanctity and sexuality -- Holiness and the life of the mind -- Conclusion : the future of sainthood. |
| Note |
"A Touchstone book". |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 431-442. |
| Subject |
Catholic Church.
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Christian saints.
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Canonization.
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Beatification.
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Holiness.
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| ISBN |
0684815303 paperback $14.00 |
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