Smith / Hollywood Excessive Saints

Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpré’s Mystical Hagiographies
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54793-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Gender, Theory, and Religion

Rachel J. D. Smith combines historical, literary, and theological approaches to offer a new interpretation of Thomas of Cantimpré’s hagiographies, showing how they employ vivid narrative portrayals of typically female bodies to perform theological work in a rhetorically specific way.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Rachel J. D.

Hollywood, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Hagiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction. Hagiographical Theology—Making Holy Bodies from the Word
1. Thomas of Cantimpré: His Life and Literary Activity
2. “With Wondrous Horror She Fled”: Dissimilarity and Sanctity in The Life of Christina the Astonishing
3. Gendering Particularity: A Comparison of The Life of Christina the Astonishing and The Life of Abbot John of Cantimpré
4. A Question of Proof: Augustine and the Reading of Hagiography
5. Language, Literacy, and the Saintly Body
6. The Uses of Astonishment: Apophasis and the Writing of Mystical Hagiography
7. Producing the Body of God: Exemplary Teaching, Jewish Carnality and Christian Doubt in the Bonum Universale de Apibus
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Smith Rachel J. D.:

Rachel J. Smith (PhD, Religion, Harvard) is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. She has published articles in journals such as Theology and Sexuality, Harvard Theological Review, and Marginalia. This is her first book.Rachel J. D. Smith is associate professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University.