By Kerry P. C. San Chirico and Rachel J. Smith Rico G. Monge,Rico G. Monge,Kerry P. C. San Chirico,Rachel J. Smith
ISBN-10: 1350065285
ISBN-13: 9781350065284
ISBN-10: 1474235778
ISBN-13: 9781474235778
This quantity presents a much-needed cross-cultural and interreligious comparability of saints' lives, iconography, and devotional practices. The members express that hagiographic assets can actually be "truths of manifestation,” which functionality as autos for prefiguring, configuring, and refiguring spiritual, social, and cultural existence. The editors argue that a few meanings easily can't be communicated successfully via historical-critical methodologies. by way of exploring how hagiography features all through a number of of the world's non secular traditions, this quantity illustrates how a variety of modes of hagiography articulate spiritual rules and uniquely symbolize conceptions of sanctity.
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Hagiography and Religious Truth: Case Studies in the Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions by Kerry P. C. San Chirico and Rachel J. Smith Rico G. Monge,Rico G. Monge,Kerry P. C. San Chirico,Rachel J. Smith
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