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The rationalization of miracles /
"During the Counter-Reformation in southern Europe, Catholic Church officials developed rules to legitimize miracles performed by candidates to sainthood. The Rationalization of Miracles uncovers a tacit understanding between central religious officials and local religious activists. Each group...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; The Rationalization of Miracles; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Terms: Latin and Other Foreign Languages; Preface; What Is This Book About?; Introduction; A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL EXCHANGE; A NEW INSTITUTIONAL FIELD; DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY; A NONCONTENTIOUS MOVEMENT; RULES FOR EXCHANGE; THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK; 1 The Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum; RESEARCH ON MIRACLES; SAINTHOOD BEFORE THE CONGREGATIO; THE CONGREGATIO SACRORUM RITUUM; The Paths to Sainthood; The Congregatio's Classification of Miracles.
- STRUCTURE OF THE EVIDENCE EXTRACTED FROM THE CONGREGATIO'S RECORDS2 The Living Saint; EVIDENCE FROM THE CANONIZATION TRIALS; The Sample of Candidates in Their Contexts; The Witnesses and Recipients of Miracles; MIRACLES AS MOBILIZING EVENTS; Miracles as a Tool for Reducing Uncertainty; MIRACLES; The Structural Role of Miracles; THE LIVING SAINT; Social Structure of Acolytes; 3 The Acolytes; THE FAMA SANCTITATIS
- WHAT IS IT?; The Social Structure of the Fama; ACOLYTES AND THE RITUAL HEALING; Evidence of Acolytes' Activity; Relics; PUBLIC WORSHIP; Private Worship; Brands of Activism.
- TYPES OF FAMAPostponing Routinization; A God with Many Faces; 4 The Devil's Advocate and the Doctor; DOCTORS AS ACOLYTES; The Mobilization of Medicine; The Inclusion of Medicine in the Canonization Procedures; The Evolution of Medical Advice; THE PROMOTORE FIDEI; A False Miracle; 5 Manufacturing True Miracles; THE PROCESS OF ENCODING; True Miracles; Regulating Activism: From a Dyadic Relationship to the Coordination of Relationships; Modern Sainthood; THE BISHOPS AND THE BLESSED: A SHARED GOVERNING STRUCTURE; NEW RULES; THE EFFECTS OF THE REFORMS ON THE CASES.
- The New Governing Structure: Controlling Trials to Assert the Church's AuthorityA MACROLEVEL PERSPECTIVE; Conclusion; THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SAINTHOOD: A STRUCTURAL ARGUMENT; TRUE MIRACLES; A SOCIAL FACT; Appendix A: Primary Sources; Appendix B: Sample-Building Procedures; Appendix C: Statistical Modeling; Bibliography; Index.