The lure of saints: a Protestant experience of Catholic tradition
Jon M. Sweeney
The lure of saints: a Protestant experience of Catholic tradition
Author
Jon M. SweeneyPublisher
Paraclete PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
The lure of saints: a Protestant experience of Catholic tradition / Jon M. SweeneyPublication Details
بروستر : Paraclete Press، 2005مPhysical Description
xxi, 237 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Christian saintsChristian saints Cult
Christian life Anglican authors
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 312-022( and indexes.
Contents
How I came to love the saints -- Who are they, and how did it all begin? -- How I came to love the Catholic imagination -- An A to Z of the famous and the not-so-famous -- The Blessed Virgin Mary -- The making of a saint : how is it done today? -- The radical triumph of the Protestant idea -- Wonder working and the difficulty of belief -- The stranger side of saintliness -- The love of a woman -- Spiritual imitation and hidden saints -- Ten rough guidelines for living as a saint today -- Becoming saints