Between heaven and earth: the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them
Robert A. Orsi
Between heaven and earth: the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them
Author
Robert A. OrsiPublisher
Princeton University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Between heaven and earth: the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them / Robert A. OrsiPublication Details
پرینستون : Princeton University Press، 2005مPhysical Description
xi, 245 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Catholic Church -- Customs and practices Case studiesCatholics -- United States -- Religious life Case studies
Christian saints -- United States -- Cult Case studies
Religion Methodology
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Jesus held him so close in His love for him that He left the marks of His passion on his body -- "Mildred, is it fun to be a cripple?" : the culture of suffering in mid-twentieth century American Catholicism -- The many names of the mother of God -- Material children : making God's presence real for Catholic boys and girls and for the adults in relation to them -- Two aspects of one life : Saint Gemma Galgani and my grandmother in the wound between devotion and history, the natural and the supernatural -- "Have you ever prayed to Saint Jude?" : reflections on fieldwork in Catholic Chicago -- Snakes alive : religious studies between heaven and earth