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Catherine of Siena : a life of passion and purpose /
A historical and spiritual biography of Catherine of Siena, highlighting her as a visionary, a mystic, and a prophet.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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New York :
Paulist Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Chronology of Catherine's Life; Introduction; 1. A Biographical Sketch: Catherine-from Siena to Rome, 1347-1380; Siena at the Time of Catherine Benincasa; The Years of Her Childhood and Adolescence; The Origins and Development of Her Reputation for Holiness; Catherine's Tripartite Program: Rome, Crusade, Reform; Catherine's Involvement in the Politics of Italy: Her Sojourn in Avignon; In the Tumult of the Great Schism: The Crusade against the Antichrist; 2. Becoming Saint Catherine of Siena; Venice: The First Center of Catherine's Cult
- Her Canonization and the Dissemination of Her WritingsCatherine: From Italian National Heroine to Doctor of the Church; 3. Interpretations and Depictions of Catherine of Siena in the Middle Ages; Catherine as Viewed by Her Medieval Biographers; Catherine of Siena according to Her Own Writings; 4. In Search of Catherine: An Unconventional Personality; "Holy Anorexia": Fashioning of a Spiritual Body; The Mystic of Love and the Language of the Body; A Woman in Church and Society: Was Catherine a Feminist?; Catherine of Siena: Prophetess of Spiritual Renewal
- The Virtue of Writing: Catherine as AuthorCatherine and the Dominican Observant Reform Movement and a New Religious Project for Women; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography