Excessive Saints: Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpré's Mystical Hagiographies - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rachel J. D. SmithSeries:Gender, Theory, and ReligionPublish date:2018-12-18Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231188609ISBN-10:231188609UPC:9780231188609Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Sexuality & Gender Studies, MysticismBook Topic:HistorySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCZ3VFDGH5
Excessive Saints: Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpré's Mystical Hagiographies
For thirteenth-century preacher, exorcist, and hagiographer Thomas of Cantimpré, the Southern Low Countries were a harbinger of the New Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit, he believed, was manifesting itself in the lives of lay and religious people alike. Thomas avidly sought out these new kinds of saints, writing accounts of their lives so that these models of sanctity might astound, teach, and trouble...
Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231188609ISBN-10:231188609UPC:9780231188609Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Sexuality & Gender Studies, MysticismBook Topic:HistorySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCZ3VFDGH5
Rachel J. D. Smith is associate professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University.
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