Saints and Virtues / John Stratton Hawley; ed. by John Stratton Hawley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawley, John Stratton, Author.

Contributor:

Stratton Hawley, John, Editor.

Series:

Comparative Studies in Religion and Society

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book explores a larger family of saints-those celebrated not just by Christianity but by other religious traditions of the world: Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Confucian, African, and Caribbean. The essays show how saints serve as moral exemplars in the communities that venerate them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION

INTRODUCTION: SAINTS AND VIRTUES

PART I Traditional Visions of Saintliness

ONE The Saint as Exemplar in Late Antiquity

TWO A Theater of Virtue: The Exemplary World of St. Francis of Assisi

THREE Prophet and Saint: The Two Exemplars of Islam

FOUR Morality Beyond Morality in the Lives of Three Hindu Saints

FIVE The Confucian Sage: Exemplar of Personal Knowledge

SIX Sainthood on the Periphery: The Case of Judaism

PART II Saints of the Modern World

SEVEN The Buddhist Arahant: Classical Paradigm and Modern Thai Manifestations

EIGHT Saints and Virtue in African Islam: An Historical Approach

NINE Alourdes: A Case Study of Moral Leadership in Haitian Vodou

TEN Sathya Sai Baba's Saintly Play

ELEVEN Saint Gandhi

CONCLUSION: AFTER SAINTHOOD?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-90854-6

OCLC:

1419789094