Saints: A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 51825)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199676514
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Classification number 235.2 YAR
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Personal name Yarrow, Simon
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Title Saints: A Very Short Introduction
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press
Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2018
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Extent 147
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Summary, etc The idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. In this Very Short Introduction, 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 as examples of idealised male and female heroism, and compares Christian saints and holy figures to venerated figures in other religious cultures, including Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. He concludes by considering the experiences of devotees to saints, and looking at how saints continue to be a powerful presence in our modern world
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Religion
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Christianity
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