Author: Meltzer, Fran
Title: Faith without Borders: The Curious Category of the Saint (Critical Inquiry: Vol 35, No. 3, Spring 2009)
Description: , University of Chicago Press, 2009. . Paperback. . Unmarked. B/W images throughout, with a section of color images. pp 375-728. Includes sections on Vestigial Remnants, Rhetorics of Saintly Production, and the Politics of Idolatry. Articles include "From Cuba with Saints" by Marc Blanchard, "St. Elvis" by Lawrence Jasud, "Reviving the Fairy Tree: Tales of European Sanctity" by Françoise Meltzer, "Apophthegmata" by Aviad Kleinberg and others.. . . Very Good

Keywords: St. Francis, Religious History, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, Pagan saints, Christianity, Lycidas, Early Modern World, Jewish History, Popular Culture, American Studies


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