Saints and VirtuesThis 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. |
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Contents
The Exemplary | 15 |
The Two Exemplars | 36 |
Morality Beyond Morality in | 52 |
Exemplar | 73 |
of Judaism | 87 |
SAINTS OF THE MODERN WORLD | 109 |
A Case Study of Moral | 144 |
Sathya Sai Babas Saintly Play | 168 |
Saint Gandhi | 187 |
AFTER SAINTHOOD? | 205 |
| 227 | |
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS | 239 |
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| Title | Saints and Virtues Volume 2 of Comparative Studies in Religion and Society |
| Editor | John Stratton Hawley |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0520061632, 9780520061637 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Comparative Religion Religion / Hinduism / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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