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Author Woodward, Kenneth L.

Title Making saints : how the Catholic Church determines who becomes a saint, who doesn't, and why / Kenneth L. Woodward.

Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1996.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  235.24 W911MA    Check Shelf
Description xv, 462 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "A Touchstone book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-442) and index.
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.
Summary A pioneering work of investigative journalism penetrates the Vatican to explain the canonization process and describes the political in-fighting, the medical questions, and the costs of canonization.
Subject Canonization -- History -- 20th century.
Blessed -- Biography.
Blessed. (OCoLC)fst00834274
Canonization. (OCoLC)fst00845944
Heiligsprechung (DE-588)4159402-2
Heiligverklaring.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0684815303 (paperback)
9780684815305 (paperback)
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