A saint of our own: how the quest for a holy hero helped Catholics become American
"What drove American Catholics in their long and arduous quest, full of twists and turns across more than a century, to win an American-born saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints left many feeling spiritually unmoored and disrespected - to be able to look at the same A...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Further subjects: | B
Canonization
B Catholics Religious identity (United States) B Catholic Church (United States) History |
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| Summary: | "What drove American Catholics in their long and arduous quest, full of twists and turns across more than a century, to win an American-born saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints left many feeling spiritually unmoored and disrespected - to be able to look at the same American scenes upon which a saint had gazed would be a joy and privilege, certainly. But believers also had another reason for cultivating homegrown holiness, contends Kathleen Sprows Cummings in this ... chronicle of saint-making in America, where canonization was about holiness but never only about holiness"-- North American saints -- Nation saints -- Citizen saint -- Superpower saints -- Aggiornamento saints -- Papal saints |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1469649470 |