Saints and virtues
The saint as exemplar in late antiquity / Peter Brown -- A theater of virtue : the exemplary world of St. Francis of Assisi / Hester Goodenough Gelber -- Prophet and saint : the two exemplars of Islam / William M. Brinner -- Morality beyond morality in the lives of three Hindu saints / John Stratton...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]
University of California Press
1987
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| In: |
Comparative studies in religion and society (2)
Year: 1987 |
| Series/Journal: | Comparative studies in religion and society
2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Saint
/ Virtue
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| Further subjects: | B
Religious Ethics Comparative studies
B Saints Comparative studies B Virtues |
| Summary: | The saint as exemplar in late antiquity / Peter Brown -- A theater of virtue : the exemplary world of St. Francis of Assisi / Hester Goodenough Gelber -- Prophet and saint : the two exemplars of Islam / William M. Brinner -- Morality beyond morality in the lives of three Hindu saints / John Stratton Hawley -- the Confucian sage / Tu Wei-ming -- Sainthood on the periphery : the case of Judaism / Robert L. Cohn -- The Buddhist arahant / Stanley J. Tambiah -- Saints and virtue in African Islam / Lamin Sanneh -- Alourdes : a case study of moral leadership in Hatian Vodou / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Sathya Sai Baba's saintly play / Lawrence A. Babb -- Saint Gandhi / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Conclusion : after sainthood? / John A. Coleman |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 227 - 237 |
| Physical Description: | XXIV, 256 S |
| ISBN: | 0-520-06163-2 0-520-05984-0 |
