Saints圣人：圣经中的男子和妇女

Adetailedchronologicalanalysisofsainthood,fromitsoriginsintheHolyLandtotheprocessesofcanonizationandbeatification.Whatdoesitmeantobeasaintandwhatdoesittaketobecomeone?Whoarethemostimportantandinspirationalsaints?Howdomodern-daysaintsdifferfromthoselivingcenturiesago?JacquesDuquesneanswersthesequestions,exploringthelivesandsignificanceoftheindividualswhohadanimpactontheIsraelipeopleintheOldTestamentorwhowereinstrumentalinspreadingtheChristianmessageintheNewTestamentandbeyond.Duquesnedemystifiesthenotionsofsainthood,martyrdom,beatification,andcanonization,placingtheroleofsaintsintoitswiderhistoricalandsocialcontextandexaminingchangingattitudestowardssaintsoverthecenturies.Theworkbeginswithastudyofthefirstsaints,suchastheApostles,Lazarus,orGabrieltheArchangel,andthefirstmartyrs.Thesecondpartexploresthelivesofsaintsfromthefourthtothetwelfthcenturies,includingmembersoftheclergyaswellaskingsandlaymen—fromEdwardtheConfessortoAlfredtheGreat.Inthethirdsection,theauthorfocusesonthethirteenthcenturyonwards,examiningtheportrayalandexploitationofsainthoodinhagiographiesandotheredifyingliterature,andtheredefinitionofcanonizationimplementedbytheCatholicreformation.HeincludesentriesonJoanofArc,MotherTeresa,PopeJohnPaulII,andMartinLutherKing.Throughaseriesoffascinatingportraits,illustratedbyimagesfromthroughoutthehistoryofart,thisworkrecountstheinspirationalstoriesandachievementsofthosewhohavebeenbestowedwiththehighesthonorintheChristianchurch.