Between heaven and earth: the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them

Publisher description: Explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the saints in twentieth-century American Catholic history, and reflects, more broadly, on how people live in the company of sacred figures and how these relationships shape the ties betwee...

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Main Author: Orsi, Robert A. 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press 2007
In:Year: 2007
Reviews:Review: Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them, by Robert A. Orsi (2010) (Young, Glenn)
Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them, by Robert A. Orsi. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, 264 pp.; 18.95 USD (paper) (2008) (Beaman, Lori G.)
Edition:Second printing, and first paperback printing
Series/Journal:Princeton paperbacks
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Catholicism / Popular piety
Further subjects:B Christian saints Cult (United States) Case studies
B Catholic Church (United States) Customs and practices Case studies
B Catholics Religious life (United States) Case studies
B Religion Methodology
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Summary:Publisher description: Explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the saints in twentieth-century American Catholic history, and reflects, more broadly, on how people live in the company of sacred figures and how these relationships shape the ties between people on earth. Author Robert Orsi also considers how scholars of religion occupy the ground in between belief and analysis, faith and scholarship
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ISBN:069112776X