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A Brief History of Saints (Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion) by Lawrence Cunningham, Lawrence S. Cunningham is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Brief History of Saints (Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion) about?
<i>A Brief History of Saints</i> follows the rise of the cult ofsaints in Christianity from its origin in the age of the martyrsdown to the present day.<br><ul><li><br></li><li>Refers to both well-known saints, such as Joan of Arc, andlesser-known figures like the ‘holy fools’ in theOrthodox tradition</li><li><br></li><li>Ranges over subjects as diverse as the history of canonizationprocesses, the Reformation critique of the cult of saints, and therole of saints in other religious traditions</li
Who reads A Brief History of Saints (Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Lawrence Cunningham, Lawrence S. Cunningham
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781281311054
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion, Philosophy, World History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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