Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism

Author: Erin Kathleen Rowe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1108421210

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This is the untold story of how black saints - and the slaves who venerated them - transformed the early modern church. It speaks to race, the Atlantic slave trade, and global Christianity, and provides new ways of thinking about blackness, holiness, and cultural authority.

The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret
The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret

Author: St. Anthony Mary Claret

Publisher: TAN Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1505104572

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Bares the soul of a saint and reveals the methods which were so successful for him in converting others. From age 5 he was haunted by the thought of the souls about to fall into Hell. This insight fueled his powerful drive to save as many souls as he could.

Between Exaltation and Infamy
Between Exaltation and Infamy

Author: Stephen Haliczer

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0195148630

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Using case-studies and biographies, the author examines women's mysticism in 16th- and 17th-century Spain and investigates the spiritual forces that provided women with a way to transcend the control of the male-dominated Catholic Church.