Inspired by the ecclesiology of Vatican II, which attributed a
special apostolate to the laity and affirmed their calling to
holiness, this volume of interdisciplinary essays focuses on the
shifting points of intersection between the changing historical
definitions of laity and sanctity. Ann W. Astell brings together
this valuable collection, an examination of a series of individual
lay "saints, " in order to explore how these figures perceived
their own lay status and how this status was perceived by others.
Lay Sanctity, Medieval and Modern: A Search for Models seeks to
conjoin the concepts of laity and sanctity in a search for personal
and conceptual models of lay sanctity. The essays contained in this
volume consider questions such as why so few lay persons have been
canonized and to what extent the pursuit of sanctity requires lay
saints either to deny or affirm their lay condition. They examine
viable models for inspiring and evaluating lay sanctity and ask
whether, if the dominant model of Christian sanctity is
quasi-monastic, it is possible in the post-Vatican II church for
laypersons to realize their distinct calling to holiness.
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