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Author
Series
Very Short introductions volume 580
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. Simon Yarrow looks at the origins, ideas, and definitions of sainthood, sanctity, and saints in the early Church, tracing their development in history and explaining the social roles saints played in the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Along the way Yarrow considers the treatment of saints as objects of literary and artistic expression and interpretation, and...
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The saints were the original social justice advocates. This stunning collection of contemporary portraits celebrates their diversity and spiritual depth as never before, accompanied by thoughtful reflections from bestselling and influential writers. Over the centuries, the rich diversity and relevance of the saints has been whitewashed, their images portrayed as expressionless, and the lessons of their lives watered down. But artist, writer, and...
Author
Publisher
Llewellyn Español
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Español
Description
Provides information about the lives and legends of notable Catholic saints and the various appearances of the Virgin Mary; lists the saints associated with love, occupations, diseases, and countries; and suggests appropriate prayers.
11) Extasia
Author
Language
English
Description
Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain—an evil which has already killed nine of her village’s men. She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw...
14) Angels & saints
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"American essayist Eliot Weinberger's new book about angels and saints."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
'Saints, Angels & Demons' is an essential compendium of the the fascinating lives and meaningful legacies of nearly 400 iconic figures who have influenced religion, history, scholarship, politics, literature, and art throughout the centuries and across the world.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This book profiles more than 150 saints, chosen for how worthwhile their lives were and how interesting their stories and achievements continue to be. Each is accompanied by a timeline of birth and death, when they were canonized, what their feast day is, who they patronize and other names they may be known as."-- Provided by publisher.
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