The stigmata in medieval and early modern Europe / Carolyn Muessig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muessig, Carolyn, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stigmatization--History.

Stigmatization.

Miracles--History of doctrines.

Miracles.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This study traces the birth and evolution of religious stigmata and particularly of stigmatic theology, as understood through the ensemble of theological discussions and devotional practices.

Contents:

Cover

The Stigmata in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Copyright

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction: The History and Historiography of Christian Stigmatization

Théophile Raynaud (1583-1663)

Johann Joseph von Görres (1776-1848)

Antoine Imbert-Gourbeyre (1818-1912)

Theology versus Pathology: Herbert Thurston (1856-1939)

Medical Diagnosis versus Phenomenology

The 'Franciscan Question'

Responses and Interpretations

Stigmatization in the Twenty-First Century

1: Bearing the Stigmata: The Emergence of a Religious Ideal

Macrina's Scar and Christian Belonging

Latin Commentaries on Galatians 6:17

Peter Damian and Galatians 6:17: The Development of Stigmatology

Imitatio Christi and Stigmata

Monastic Interpretations of Bearing the Stigmata

From Metaphor to Physical Experience: The Laity Bearing the Stigmata

Conclusion

2: Francis of Assisi: A Paradigm Shift

The Stigmatization of Francis: Precedents and Variations

Refutation and Confirmation of the Miracle of Stigmatization

Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, Minister General of the Franciscans (r. 1257-74)

Explanations for the Miracle of the Stigmatization of Francis of Assisi

Prayer and Stigmatization

3: The Mark of a Saintly Woman

Introduction

The Virgin Mary and Female Stigmatization

Meditation, Prayer, and Transformation

Invisible Stigmata and the Authority of Holy Women

The Eucharist and the Stigmatics

Self, Illness, and Pain

Ritual and Belief: Stigmatic as Affirmer of Faith

The Increase of Female Stigmatics

4: Catherine of Siena: Stigmatic Diversity

On the conformity of the life of Blessed Francis to the life of our Lord Jesus

Catherine of Siena's Invisible Wounds: Sacerdotal, Sacramental.

Dominican Stigmatology: Caffarini's Libellus de Supplemento

Pauline Stigmata According to Caffarini

The Dominican Challenge to Franciscan Stigmatic Hegemony

Devotion to the Wounds of Christ and Prayer

The Triumph of Official Recognition: Catherine of Siena as Stigmatic Saint

5: Receivers and Deceivers: True and False Stigmatics

The Discernment of Spirits and Stigmatic Authenticity

Court and Political Stigmatics

Questionable Stigmata

Disappearing Stigmata

6: Stigmata in an Age of Religious Change

Protestants and Catholics Bearing the Stigmata

Human Agency in Stigmatology

The Resurgence of Pauline Stigmata

Satire and the Stigmata

Sham Stigmatics

Catholic Reformation: Defence of Dominical Stigmatization

Epilogue

Selected Bibliography

Manuscripts Cited

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 6, 2020).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-251514-4

0-19-183694-X

0-19-251513-6

OCLC:

1143632812