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Saints: A Very Short Introduction
Simon Yarrow
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Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199676514
SKU
V9780199676514
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About Simon Yarrow
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 ... Read more
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