Saints and Signs : : A Semiotic Reading of Conversion in Early Modern Catholicism / / Massimo Leone.
Saints and Signs analyzes a corpus of hagiographies, paintings, and other materials related to four of the most prominent saints of early modern Catholicism: Ignatius of Loyola, Philip Neri, Francis Xavier, and Therese of Avila.Verbal and visual documents – produced between the end of the Council of...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Religion and Society ,
48 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (652 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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