Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity - Softcover

Brown, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0334019648 ISBN 13: 9780334019640

Publisher: SCM Press, 1983

Synopsis

A stimulating look at the rise of the cult of the saints, weaving it within its social and cultural context. A beautifully written book' (Catholic Herald). This book, besides being scholarly, is immensely readable and profoundly rewarding for anyone interested in Christianity's brave attempt to "join heaven and earth" in a whole that is both familiar and holy' (Church Times). Its style is that of the orator, full of grace and glory, carrying an audience along into a rich and many-coloured world where a seventeenth-century lyric of profane love provides a chapter heading to a discussion of early Christian tombs, and present-day dealings with a fqih in Morocco proves a parallel for appeals to the saints in the late antique world' (New Blackfriars).

About this title

About the Author

Peter Brown is professor of history at Princeton University and the author of Augustine of Hippo and The Making of Late Antiquity.

Review

"Brown's style is itself a feast, and he has a genius for making the past and present energize each other." (Patrick Henry Theology Today)

Edition details

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0334019648
• ISBN 13: 9780334019640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208