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Saints and virtues / edited by John Stratton Hawley.

Contributor(s): Hawley, John Stratton, 1941-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Comparative studies in religion and society: 2.Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1987]Copyright date: ©1987Description: xxiv, 256 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0520059840Subject(s): Saints -- Comparative studies | Virtues | Religious ethics -- Comparative studiesLOC classification: BL488 | .S35 1987Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
Contents:
The saint as exemplar in late antiquity / Peter Brown -- A theater of virtue: the exemplary world of St. Francis of Assisi / Hester Goodenough Gelber -- Prophet and saint: the two exemplars of Islam / William M. Brinner -- Morality beyond morality in the lives of three Hindu saints / John Stratton Hawley -- The Confucian sage: exemplar of personal knowledge / Tu Wei-ming -- Sainthood on the periphery: the case of Judaism / Robert L. Cohn -- The Buddhist arahant: classical paradigm and modern Thai manifestations / Stanley J. Tambiah -- Saints and virtue in African Islam: an historical approach / Lamin Sanneh -- Alourdes: a case study of moral leadership in Haitian Vodou / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Sathya Sai Baba's saintly play / Lawrence A. Babb -- Saint Gandhi / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Conclusion: after sainthood? / John A. Coleman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.

The saint as exemplar in late antiquity / Peter Brown -- A theater of virtue: the exemplary world of St. Francis of Assisi / Hester Goodenough Gelber -- Prophet and saint: the two exemplars of Islam / William M. Brinner -- Morality beyond morality in the lives of three Hindu saints / John Stratton Hawley -- The Confucian sage: exemplar of personal knowledge / Tu Wei-ming -- Sainthood on the periphery: the case of Judaism / Robert L. Cohn -- The Buddhist arahant: classical paradigm and modern Thai manifestations / Stanley J. Tambiah -- Saints and virtue in African Islam: an historical approach / Lamin Sanneh -- Alourdes: a case study of moral leadership in Haitian Vodou / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Sathya Sai Baba's saintly play / Lawrence A. Babb -- Saint Gandhi / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Conclusion: after sainthood? / John A. Coleman.

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