A brief history of saints /
Cunningham, Lawrence.
A brief history of saints / Lawrence S. Cunningham. - Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005. - vii, 178 p. ; 19 cm. - Blackwell brief histories of religion .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-168) and index.
The saint : beginnings -- The bureaucratization of sanctity -- Reformations Catholic and Protestant -- Towards the modern world -- The twentieth century -- The saints, world religions, and the future.
1405114010 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405114029 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004011685
Christian saints--Cult--History.
Canonization--History.
BX2333 / .C86 2005
235/.2/09
A brief history of saints / Lawrence S. Cunningham. - Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005. - vii, 178 p. ; 19 cm. - Blackwell brief histories of religion .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-168) and index.
The saint : beginnings -- The bureaucratization of sanctity -- Reformations Catholic and Protestant -- Towards the modern world -- The twentieth century -- The saints, world religions, and the future.
1405114010 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405114029 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004011685
Christian saints--Cult--History.
Canonization--History.
BX2333 / .C86 2005
235/.2/09