Becoming holy in early Canada / Timothy G. Pearson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, Timothy G., 1976- author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; no. 70.

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; no. 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Christian saints--Canada--History.

Christian saints.

Christian saints--Cult--Canada--History.

Holiness--Catholic Church--History of doctrines.

Holiness.

Catholic Church--Canada--History.

History.

Holiness--Catholic Church.

Christian saints--Cult.

Canada--Church history.

Canada.

Church history.

Christian hagiography.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in holy figures in Canada. From the reputations of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI as prolific saint-makers to the canonization of two figures asspcoated wotj Canada - Brother André Bessette and Kateri Tekakwitha - saints are suddenly in the news and a topic of conversation. In Becoming Holy in Early Canada, Timothy Pearson explores the roots of sanctity in Canada to discover why reputations for holiness developed in the early colonial period and how saints were made in the local and immediate contexts of everyday life. Pearson weaves together the histories of well-known figures such as Marie de l'Incarnation with those of largely forgotten local saints such as lay brother and carpenter Didace Pelletier and the Algonquin martyr Joseph Onaharé, Adopting an approach that draws on performance theory, ritual studies, and lived religion, be unravels the expectations, interactions, and negotiations that constituted holy performances. Because holy reputations developed over the course of individuals' lifetimes and in after-death relationships with local faith communities through belief in miracles, holy Lives are best read as local, embedded, and contextualized histories. Placing colonial holy figures between the poles of local expectation and the universal Catholic theology of sanctity, Becoming Holy in Early Canada shows how reputations developed and individuals become local saints long before they came to the attention of the church in Rome. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Cult of the Saints and Early Canada 16

2 Evangelism: Martyrdom 35

3 Evangelism: Indigenous Holiness 62

4 Charity: Domesticating Holiness 84

5 Asceticism: Making a New Culture 111

6 Miracles: Social Dramas and Community Bonds 140

7 Hagiography: Writing Memory 170.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral) -- McGill University, 2008, under title: Becoming holy in early Canada : performance and the making of holy persons in society and culture.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Pearson, Timothy G., 1976-, author. Becoming holy in early Canada.

ISBN:

9780773544185

0773544186

9780773544192

0773544194

OCLC:

875729446