Sainthood: Its Manifestations in World Religions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520071891 ISBN 13: 9780520071896

Publisher: University of California Press, 1990

Synopsis

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About this title

Review:

"After long eclipse, the fundamental typological or taxonomical task in comparative religions is beginning to appear and be taken seriously once again . . . as this careful and authoritative work shows. . . . An especially valuable result is a new and exciting way of organizing what we know about a number of traditions, which can lead to a new understanding of them."--Alan L. Miller, "Choice

About the Author:

Richard Kieckhefer is a professor in the Department of the History and Literature of Religions at Northwestern University and the author of three previous books, including European Witch Trials: Their Foundations in Popular Learned Culture, 1300-1500 (California, 1976). George D. Bond is Professor in the Department of the History and Literature of Religions at Northwestern University. He has published widely in the area of Theravada Buddhist Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0520071891
• ISBN 13: 9780520071896
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Kieckhefer Richard