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Author : Ranjeeta Dutta
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198092292
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (922 download)
Download or read book From Hagiographies to Biographies written by Ranjeeta Dutta and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On t.p.: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
Author : Ranjeeta Dutta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199082926
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (829 download)
Download or read book From Hagiographies to Biographies written by Ranjeeta Dutta and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history and role of hagiographies and their impact on the growth and evolution of a biographical tradition. Focusing on Ramanuja, one of the foremost reformers and Vaisnava saints, it presents the hagiographical accounts of his life within the historical context of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries when the processes of canonization took place.
Author : Hippolyte Delehaye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Legends of the Saints written by Hippolyte Delehaye and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jenni Kuuliala
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030155536
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Lived Religion and Everyday Life in Early Modern Hagiographic Material written by Jenni Kuuliala and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the ways in which early modern hagiographic sources can be used to study lived religion and everyday life from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. For several decades, saints’ lives, other spiritual biographies, miracle narratives, canonisation processes, iconography, and dramas, have been widely utilised in studies on medieval religious practices and social history. This fruitful material has however been overlooked in studies of the early modern period, despite the fact that it witnessed an unprecedented growth in the volume of hagiographic material. The contributors to this volume address this, and illuminate how early modern hagiographic material can be used for the study of topics such as religious life, the social history of medicine, survival strategies, domestic violence, and the religious experience of slaves.
Author : Jonathan Morris Augustine
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134352913
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan written by Jonathan Morris Augustine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-10-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as sacred objects. In Japan, it was believed that those who read the biographies of lofty monks would acquire merit. Since hagiographies were written or compiled by 'believers', the line between fantasy and reality was often obscured. This study of the bodhisattva Gyoki - regarded as the monk who started the largest social welfare movement in Japan - illustrates how Japanese Buddhist hagiographers chose to regard a single monk's charitable activities as a miraculous achievement that shaped the course of Japanese history.
Author : Hippolyte 1859-1941 Delehaye
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781372386046
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)
Download or read book LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS written by Hippolyte 1859-1941 Delehaye and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Kieschnick
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824818418
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (184 download)
Download or read book The Eminent Monk written by John Kieschnick and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an attempt to reconstruct an elusive aspect of the medieval Chinese imagination, The Eminent Monk examines biographies of Chinese Buddhist monks, from the uncompromising ascetic to the unfathomable wonder-worker. While analyzing images of the monk in medieval China, the author addresses some questions encountered along the way: What are we to make of accounts in “eminent monk” collections of deviant monks who violate monastic precepts? Who wrote biographies of monks and who read them? How did different segments of Chinese society contend for the image of the monk and which image prevailed? By placing biographies of monks in the context of Chinese political and religious rhetoric, The Eminent Monk explores both the role of Buddhist literature in Chinese history and the monastic imagination that inspired this literature.
Author : John Jorgensen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047415779
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Inventing Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch written by John Jorgensen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hui-neng, the patriarchal ancestor of all existing Ch’an/Zen, was invented by Shen-hui (684-758) based on a fusion of Buddhist and Confucian themes. This propaganda led to the creation of a large hagiographical literature that determined the trajectory of Ch’an.
Author : Michael Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521349529
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (495 download)
Download or read book Authorised Lives in Early Christian Biography written by Michael Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was distinctive about Christian biography in late antiquity? In this book, Dr Williams examines a range of biographies of prominent Christians written in the fourth and fifth centuries, and suggests that they share a purpose and function which sets them apart from their non-Christian equivalents. This was an age in which the lives of saints first emerged as a literary phenomenon, and a broad perspective on this developing genre is complemented by close readings of more problematic works such as Eusebius of Caesarea's Life of Constantine and the Confessions of Augustine of Hippo. In including such idiosyncratic examples, the aim is to provide a definition of Christian biography which extends beyond mere hagiography, and which expresses an understanding of the world and the place of individuals within it. It was a world in which lives might be authored by Christians, but could be authorised only by God.
Author : Nieves Baranda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317043626
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers written by Nieves Baranda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spain, the two hundred years that elapsed between the beginning of the early modern period and the final years of the Habsburg Empire saw a profusion of works written by women. Whether secular or religious, noble or middle class, early modern Spanish women actively composed creative works such as poetry, prose narratives, and plays. The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers covers the broad array of different kinds of writings – literary as well as extra-literary – that these women wrote, taking into consideration their subject positions and the cultural and historical contexts that influenced and were influenced by them. Beyond merely recognizing the individual women authors who had influence in literary, religious, and intellectual circles, this Research Companion investigates their participation in these circles through their writings, as well as the ways in which their texts informed Spain’s cultural production during the early modern period. In order to contextualize women’s writings across the historical and cultural spectrum of early modern Spain, the Research Companion is divided into six sections of general thematic interest: Women’s Worlds; Conventual Spaces; Secular Literature; Women in the Public Sphere; Private Circles; Women Travelers. Each section is subdivided into chapters that focus on specific issues or topics.
Author : Thomas J. Heffernan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Sacred Biography written by Thomas J. Heffernan and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hermione Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199533547
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Biography: A Very Short Introduction written by Hermione Lee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction.
Author : Père H. Delehaye
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265348017
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (48 download)
Download or read book The Legends of the Saints written by Père H. Delehaye and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography Religious - minded people who regard with equal veneration not only the saints themselves but everything associated with them, have been greatly agitated by certain conclusions assumed by them to have been inspired by the revolutionary Spirit that has penetrated even into the Church, and to be highly derogatory to the honour of the heroes of our faith. This conviction frequently finds utterance in somewhat violent terms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : James T. Palmer
Publisher : Past Imperfect
ISBN 13 : 9781641890885
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Early Medieval Hagiography written by James T. Palmer and published by Past Imperfect. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of the modern use of hagiographies and the ways in which studying hagiography has made a difference to our understanding of the period 500-900.
Author : Rebecca J. Manring
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199837864
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Fading Light of Advaita Acarya written by Rebecca J. Manring and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebecca J. Manring offers an illuminating study and translation of three hagiographies of Advaita Acarya, a crucial figure in the early years of the devotional Vaisnavism which originated in Bengal in the fifteenth century. Advaita Acarya was about fifty years older than the movement's putative founder, Caitanya, and is believed to have caused Caitanya's advent by ceaselessly storming heaven, calling for the divine presence to come to earth. Advaita was a scholar and highly respected pillar of society, whose status lent respectability and credibility to the new movement. A significant body of hagiographical and related literature about Advaita Acarya has developed since his death, some as late as the early twentieth century. The three hagiographic texts included in The Fading Light of Advaita Acarya examine the years of Advaita's life that did not overlap with Caitanya's lifetime, and each paints a different picture of its protagonist. Each composition clearly advocates the view that Advaita was himself divine in some way, and a few go so far as to suggest that Advaita reflected even greater divinity than Caitanya, through miraculous stories that can be found nowhere else in Bengali Vaisnava literature. Manring provides a detailed introduction to these texts, as well as remarkably faithful translations of Haricarana Dasa's Advaita Mangala, Laudiya Krsnadasa's Balya-lila-sutra, and Isana Nagara's Advaita Prakasa.
Author : Hippolyte Delehaye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (687 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Saints : an Introduction to Hagiography written by Hippolyte Delehaye and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hippolyte Delehaye
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781294642404
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (424 download)
Download or read book The Legends of the Saints written by Hippolyte Delehaye and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
