| Saints and Vertues Contributor(s): Hawley, John Stratton (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520061632 ISBN-13: 9780520061637 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $33.61 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1987 Annotation: This book explores a far-flung family of saints--those celebrated not just by Christianity but by other religious traditions of the world: Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Confucian, African, And Caribbean. The contributors of these dozen essays address this worldwide spectrum of 'Lives of the Saints' with a particular eye to discerning how saints serve as moral exemplars in the communities that venerate them. On the whole, they discover a persistent tension between what counts as morality in the ordinary world and what makes a saint saintly; many intriguing family resemblances between saints of different traditions also appear. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Leadership - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 291.6 |
| LCCN: 86024993 |
| Series: Comparative Studies in Religion and Society (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.01" W x 9.24" (0.90 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores a larger family of saints-those celebrated not just by Christianity but by other religious traditions of the world: Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Confucian, African, and Caribbean. The essays show how saints serve as moral exemplars in the communities that venerate them. |