By Lawrence S. Cunningham (Blackwell Publishing)
The Notre Dame professor of theology offers up a concise and readable
guide to the roots, meaning and significance of the saints, particularly
in the Roman Catholic tradition. He examines the complex tradition
of sainthood, mixed with stories of saints from the "odd, outrageous
or eccentric" to the luminous.
The role of saints in other religious traditions and the relevance
of sainthood today rounds out this historical view of those with
a "capacity to do the ordinary in an extraordinary fashion." Includes
a list of patron saints and an essay on the iconography of saints
in art.
(August 2005)
