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Author Leone, Massimo, 1975-

Title Saints and signs : a semiotic reading of conversion in early modern Catholicism / Massimo Leone
Published Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 652 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Religion and society, 1437-5370 ; v. 48
Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 48.
Contents Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Ignatius of Loyola as a sign: religious conversion between divine grace and human will; 3. Philip Neri as a sign: religious conversion between internal and external missions; 4. Francis Xavier as a sign: conversion between sameness and otherness; 5. Therese of Avila as a sign: religious conversion between the cloister and the world; 6. Conclusions; Backmatter
Summary Catholic saints are also signs. Through the saints, the Catholic Church communicates certain models of spirituality. After the Reformation, saints became the media through which the Catholic Church represented and promoted a renewal of the Catholic faith in Europe and in its colonies. Saints and Signs analyzes hagiographies, paintings, and other texts representing the sanctity of Ignatius of Loyola, Philip Neri, Francis Xavier, and Therese of Avila, in order to answer the following question: How did these words and images influence the Catholic spirituality at the beginning of modernity?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Ignacio de Loyola 1491-1556 gnd
Neri, Filippo Heiliger 1515-1595 gnd
Teresa de Jesús 1515-1582 gnd
Francisco de Javier 1506-1552 gnd
Ignatius von Loyola. idszbz
Neri, Philipp. idszbz
Franz Xaver. idszbz
Teresa de Jesús. idszbz
Ignacio <de Loyola> swd
Neri, Filippo. swd
Teresa <de Jesús> swd
Francisco <de Javier> swd
Ignacio, de Loyola, 1491-1556. (NL-LeOCL)068571488 nta
Teresa, de Jesús, 1515-1582. (NL-LeOCL)068348010 nta
Néri, Filippo, 1515-1595. (NL-LeOCL)074336851 nta
Franciscus, Xaverius, 1506-1552. (NL-LeOCL)071144528 nta
Subject Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
Catholic Church -- History.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Katholische Kirche. idszbz
Subject Christian saints.
Idols and images.
Hagiography.
Christian art and symbolism.
hagiographies (works)
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
Christian art and symbolism
Christian saints
Hagiography
Idols and images
Theology, Doctrinal
Heiligkeit
Hagiografie
Ikonographie
Semiotik
Heiligenbild
Bekering.
Heiligenbild.
Heiligenverehrung.
Ikonographie.
Konversion.
Semiotik.
11.54 Roman Catholicism.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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