UID:
almahu_9949244270002882
Format:
1 online resource (652 p.)
ISBN:
9783110229523
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9783110621129
Series Statement:
Religion and Society , 48
Content:
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 Trent (1563) and the beginning of the pontificate of Urban VIII (1623) - are placed in their historical context and analyzed through semiotics - the discipline that studies signification and communication - in order to answer the following questions: How did these four saints become signs of the renewal of Catholic spirituality after the Reformation? How did their verbal and visual representations promote new Catholic models of religious conversion? How did this huge effort of spiritual propaganda change the modern idea of communication?The book is divided into four sections, focusing on the four saints and on the particular topics related to their hagiologic identity: early modern theological debates on grace (Ignatius of Loyola); cultural contaminations between Catholic internal and external missions (Philip Neri); the Christian identity in relation to non-Christian territories (Francis Xavier); the status of women in early modern Catholicism (Therese of Avila).
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Art and Architecture 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110621129
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 1990 - 1999, De Gruyter, 9783110638110
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2010, De Gruyter, 9783110233544
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2010, De Gruyter, 9783110233551
In:
E-BOOK PAKET THEOLOGIE/RELIGIONSWISS./JUDAISTIK 2010, De Gruyter, 9783110233643
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110229516
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110229523
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110229523
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110229523
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