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Rewriting Holiness - Reconfiguring Vitae, Re-signifying Cults (Hardcover)
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Rewriting Holiness - Reconfiguring Vitae, Re-signifying Cults (Hardcover)
Series: Kings College London Medieval Studies (KCLMS)
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Ranging from Ireland to India and from the first to the third
millennium, this collection brings together essays written from the
perspective of gender, politics and national and cultural
identities as well as the sociology of religion. Saints are more
than distant figures from legends and wall paintings. Their lives
and cults have been rewritten over and over again to suit changing
cultural preconceptions and social and political agendas. The
obscure Cambro-Breton saint Armel became a badge of loyalty to the
Tudor dynasty; Eastern European countries have competed to lay
claim to Cyril and Methodius, founding fathers of eastern
Christianity; the Indian mystic and poet Kabir came from a Muslim
background but was appropriated by both Hindus and Sikhs. And
perhaps most bizarrely, right-wing groups in England march under
the badge of the Middle Eastern saint George. While these ideas are
familiar to historians of"popular" religion (that slippery term) in
western Europe, they have a clear relevance to the study of
religion in other continents and other faith traditions. Ranging
from Ireland to India and from the first to the third millennium,
this collection brings together essays written from the perspective
of gender, politics and national and cultural identities as well as
the sociology of religion. The main thrust is medieval and
Christian but it also considers more recent developments in Sikh,
Hindu and Muslim cults and in the heritagisation of religion. A
substantial introduction offers an overview of the literature, sets
out theoretical frameworks and suggests further avenues for
exploration. Madeleine Gray is Professor of Ecclesiastical History
at the University of South Wales. Contributors: Diane Auslander,
Slavia Barlieva, Karen Casebier, Adam Coward, James M. Hegarty,
Kate Helsen, Andrew Hughes, John R. Black, Madeleine Gray, Svitlana
Kobets, Samantha Riches, Anne Schuchman, Jayita Sinha,
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