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Between heaven and earth : the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them
Title
Between heaven and earth : the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them / Robert A. Orsi.
ISBN
069112776X
9780691127767
9781400849659
Edition
First paperback printing.
Publication
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
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Summary
This text explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the saints in 20th-century American Catholic history, and reflects on how people live in the company of sacred figures and how these relationships shape the ties between people on earth.
Variant and related titles
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 15, 2023
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Jesus held him so close in His love for him that He left the marks of His passion on his body
"Mildred, is it fun to be a cripple?" : the culture of suffering in mid-twentieth century American Catholicism
The many names of the mother of God
Material children : making God's presence real for Catholic boys and girls and for the adults in relation to them
Two aspects of one life : Saint Gemma Galgani and my grandmother in the wound between devotion and history, the natural and the supernatural
"Have you ever prayed to Saint Jude?" : reflections on fieldwork in Catholic Chicago
Snakes alive : religious studies between heaven and earth.
Subjects
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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