Between heaven and earth
Subtitle: the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them
By: Robert A. Orsi.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Catholic Church -- United States -- Customs and practices -- Case studies.; Catholics -- Religious life -- United States -- Case studies.; Christian saints -- Cult -- United States -- Case studies.; Religion -- Methodology.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Between Heaven and Earth explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the saints in twentieth-century American Catholic history, and reflects, more broadly, on how people live in the company of sacred figures and how these relationships shape the ties between people on earth. Robert Orsi also considers how scholars of religion occupy the ground in between belief and analysis, faith and scholarship."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.