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Sainthood

Name: Sainthood
Brand: University of California Press
SKU: 9780520071896
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Its Manifestations in World Religions

Autor: Richard Kieckhefer, George D. Bond

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: University of California Press

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Every major religion exalts certain individuals who occupy a dual role. On the one hand they serve a...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Richard Kieckhefer, George D. Bond

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

1990

strony

275

EAN

9780520071896

ISBN

0520071891

Enbook ID

04615653

Wydawca

University of California Press

Waga

464

Wymiary

157 x 229 x 17

Pełny opis

Every major religion exalts certain individuals who occupy a dual role. On the one hand they serve as exemplars of virtue to be imitated, and on the other hand they stand removed from other mortals, privileged and unique. Christianity knows them as saints, and in the study of religion the term has been taken over and applied to similar figures in other traditions. The essays in this volume analyze the role of the saint in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, providing both a comparative and an interpretive view of sainthood. The notion of sainthood is problematic in two ways. First, can the category be usefully applied to individuals in religious traditions other than Christianity? How has it manifested itself, and what differences are there in the various manifestations of sainthood? Second, where individuals are considered to have risen above the norms in these different traditions, how is it possible to resolve the tension between the saint's imitability and his or her otherness, between imitating and venerating the saint? The authors consider these questions in relation to a wide range of individuals in all the major traditions.