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Author : Ranjeeta Dutta
Release : 2014
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 292/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Hagiographies to Biographies by : Ranjeeta Dutta
Download or read book From Hagiographies to Biographies written by Ranjeeta Dutta. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On t.p.: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
Author : Ranjeeta Dutta
Release : 2014
Genre : Hagiography
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Book Rating : 926/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Hagiographies to Biographies by : Ranjeeta Dutta
Download or read book From Hagiographies to Biographies written by Ranjeeta Dutta. This book was released on 2014. 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
Release : 1907
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Legends of the Saints by : Hippolyte Delehaye
Download or read book The Legends of the Saints written by Hippolyte Delehaye. This book was released on 1907. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Morris Augustine
Release : 2004-10-21
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 913/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan by : Jonathan Morris Augustine
Download or read book Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan written by Jonathan Morris Augustine. This book was released on 2004-10-21. 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 : Jenni Kuuliala
Release : 2019-10-22
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 536/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lived Religion and Everyday Life in Early Modern Hagiographic Material by : Jenni Kuuliala
Download or read book Lived Religion and Everyday Life in Early Modern Hagiographic Material written by Jenni Kuuliala. This book was released on 2019-10-22. 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.
