Saints and virtues
By: edited by John Stratton Hawley.
Contributors: Hawley, John Stratton, 1941-
Series: Comparative studies in religion and society ;; 2
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Saints -- Comparative studies; Virtues; Religious ethics -- Comparative studies
Notes: Bibliography: p. 227-237.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The saint as exemplar in late antiquity / Peter Brown; title: A theater of virtue : the exemplary world of St. Francis of Assisi / Hester Goodenough Gelber; title: Prophet and saint : the two exemplars of Islam / William M. Brinner; title: Morality beyond morality in the lives of three Hindu saints / John Stratton Hawley; title: the Confucian sage / Tu Wei-ming; title: Sainthood on the periphery : the case of Judaism / Robert L. Cohn; title: The Buddhist arahant / Stanley J. Tambiah; title: Saints and virtue in African Islam / Lamin Sanneh; title: Alourdes : a case study of moral leadership in Hatian Vodou / Karen McCarthy Brown; title: Sathya Sai Baba's saintly play / Lawrence A. Babb; title: Saint Gandhi / Mark Juergensmeyer; title: Conclusion : after sainthood? / John A. Coleman.