A brief history of saints
By: Lawrence S. Cunningham.
Series: Blackwell brief histories of religion
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Christian saints -- Cult -- History.; Canonization -- History.
Description: A brief history of saints follows the rise of the cult of saints in Christianity from its origin in the age of the martyrs down to the present day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The saint : beginnings; title: The bureaucratization of sanctity; title: Reformations Catholic and Protestant; title: Towards the modern world; title: The twentieth century; title: The saints, world religions, and the future.