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Saints and signs : a semiotic reading of conversion in early modern Catholicism /
Catholic saints are also signs. Through the saints, the Catholic Church communicates certain models of spirituality. After the Reformation, saints became the media through which the Catholic Church represented and promoted a renewal of the Catholic faith in Europe and in its colonies. Saints and Sig...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ;
48. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Ignatius of Loyola as a sign: religious conversion between divine grace and human will; 3. Philip Neri as a sign: religious conversion between internal and external missions; 4. Francis Xavier as a sign: conversion between sameness and otherness; 5. Therese of Avila as a sign: religious conversion between the cloister and the world; 6. Conclusions; Backmatter.