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Saints: A Very Short Introduction [#580]
Saints: A Very Short Introduction [#580]
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  • Considers the origins of sainthood and saints
  • Offers insight into relics, reliquaries and related sacred objects in cultural contexts, and reflects upon relic veneration in the modern world
  • Introduces the concept of how gender informs our understanding of saints
  • Considers how saints are interpreted by different faiths

 
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.

Index: 

1: Introduction
2: Inventing the saints
3: Sainthood in the Middle Ages
4: Early modern sainthood
5: Gendering the saints
6: Writing the saints
7: Globalizing the saints
8: Sainthood in a secular world
9: Experiencing the saints
Further reading
Index

About the author: 

Simon Yarrow, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Birmingham
 
Simon Yarrow was Past and Present Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, London, and worked at St Mary's University College, Birkbeck College, and the University of Liverpool, before taking up a Lectureship at the University of Birmingham in 2004. From 2011-13 he spent two years as Visiting Fellow at the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute. He is the author of Saints and Their Communities: Miracle Stories in Twelfth Century England (OUP, 2006).

Product details

ISBN : 9780199676514

Author: 
Simon Yarrow
Pages
192 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Sep 2018
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Saints: A Very Short Introduction [#580]

Saints: A Very Short Introduction [#580]

Saints: A Very Short Introduction [#580]