Hagiography and Religious Truth

Case Studies in the Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions

Rico G. Monge, Professor Kerry P. C. San Chirico, Rachel J. Smith (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2018
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-06528-4 (ISBN)

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The hagiographic materials from the world's religions can tell us much about the beliefs and practices of the people, yet the limited degree to which hagiography has been used as an instrument for understanding diverse religious traditions is surprising. Hagiography and Religious Truth provides a clearer understanding of the ways hagiography functions to disclose truth for practitioners and suggests various ways that these underexploited sources enrich our comprehension of broader issues in religious studies.

This volume provides a much-needed cross-cultural and interreligious comparison of saints’ lives, iconography, and devotional practices. The contributors show that hagiographic sources can in fact be “truths of manifestation,” which function as vehicles for prefiguring, configuring, and refiguring religious, social, and cultural life. The editors argue that some meanings simply cannot be communicated effectively through historical-critical methodologies. By exploring how hagiography functions throughout several of the world’s religious traditions, this volume illustrates how various modes of hagiography articulate religious ideas and uniquely represent conceptions of sanctity.

Rico G. Monge is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Diego, USA. Kerry P. C. San Chirico is Assistant Professor of Interfaith and Interreligious Studies, Villanova University, USA. Rachel Smith is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Villanova University, USA.

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Contributors

Foreword: Jeffrey J. Kripal

Acknowledgements

Introduction:
Rico G. Monge, Kerry P.C. San Chirico, and Rachel J. Smith

Part One: Theoretical Considerations

1. Saints, Truth, and the “Use and Abuse” of Hagiography, Rico G. Monge

2. Devotion, Critique, and the Reading of Christian Saints’ Lives, Rachel J. Smith

3. Sacred Narrative and Truth: What Does It Mean If It Did Not Happen?, Peter C. Bouteneff
and Patricia Fann Bouteneff

Part Two: Case Studies in Dharmic Traditions

4. Imagining Hagiographies in Chhattisgarh, Ramdas Lamb

5. Turning Tomb to Temple: Hagiography, Sacred Space, and Ritual Activity in a Thirteenth-
Century Hindu Shrine, Mark J. McLaughlin

6. From Legend to Flesh and Bone: The Reenactment of a Tantric Narrative, Joel S. Gruber

Part Three: Case Studies in Abrahamic Traditions

7. The Transmission of Virtue in the Hagiography of Haci Bektas Veli: The Narrative of
Güvenç Abdal, Vernon J. Schubel

8. A Global Intercessor: Triumphalism and Reconciliation in the Services of St. John
Maximovich, Nicholas Denysenko

9. “King-slaves” in South Africa: Shrines, Ritual, & Resistance, Bahar Davary

10. Many Truths, One Story: John of Ephesus’s “Lives of the Eastern Saints”, Todd French

Part Four: Case Studies in Comparison

11. Saints from the Margin: Rescuing Tradition through Hagiography in the Lives of
Sylouan the Athonite and Milarepa, Thomas Cattoi

12. Holy Negotiations in the Hindu Heartland: Abundant People and Places among the
Khrist Bhaktas of Banaras, Kerry P. C. San Chirico

Afterword: Comparative Theological Reflections, Francis X. Clooney

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Erscheinungsdatum	26.04.2018
Zusatzinfo	9 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-350-06528-5 / 1350065285
ISBN-13	978-1-350-06528-4 / 9781350065284
Zustand	Neuware