The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity - Softcover

Brown, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0334019648 ISBN 13: 9780334019640

Publisher: SCM Press, 2012

Synopsis

A stimulating look at the rise of the cult of the saints, weaving it within its social and cultural context. A beautifully written book' (Catholic Herald). `This book, besides being scholarly, is immensely readable and profoundly rewarding for anyone interested in Christianity's brave attempt to "join heaven and earth" in a whole that is both familiar and holy' (Church Times). `Its style is that of the orator, full of grace and glory, carrying an audience along into a rich and many-coloured world where a seventeenth-century lyric of profane love provides a chapter heading to a discussion of early Christian tombs, and present-day dealings with a fqih in Morocco proves a parallel for appeals to the saints in the late antique world' (New Blackfriars).

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Review

"Brown's style is itself a feast, and he has a genius for making the past and present energize each other."--Patrick Henry "Theology Today "

About the Author

Peter Brown is professor of history at Princeton University and the author of "Augustine of Hippo" and "The Making of Late Antiquity."

Edition details

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0334019648
• ISBN 13: 9780334019640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208