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