Holiness Compared
Critical Approaches to Sanctity in the Twenty-first Century
Series: Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 10 July 2026
- ISBN 9781041110774
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
This volume examines holiness and ascriptions of holiness in diverse historical contexts to generate comparative insights into their dynamics within and across religious traditions. It gathers historical, sociological, and theological analyses by senior and emerging experts in Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Muslim studies.
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This volume examines holiness and ascriptions of holiness in diverse historical contexts to generate comparative insights into their dynamics within and across religious traditions. It gathers historical, sociological, and theological analyses by senior and emerging experts in Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Muslim studies. They explore varied forms that holiness takes within and between religious traditions, how it is recognized and contested, and how it shapes social relations in particular communities. Through comparative analysis and rich, contextualized studies of particular figures and practices deemed holy, the volume shows how holiness functions in similar and different ways. Collectively, the chapters illustrate the polyvalence of holiness within traditions and underscore how streams of spirituality and paths of holiness often conceptualized as separate (or even incompatible) are often in practice linked in the lives of holy figures and communities devoted to them. The book is especially valuable for scholars interested in saints and holy figures, comparative religion, and interreligious relations.
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1. Processes, Politics, and Polarities: Comparative Approaches to Holiness and Sanctity Section I: Individuals 2. “Universal Sister”: Dynamics of Spirituality Illuminated in Saint Josephine Bakhita (1869 – 1947) 3. Jietuo 解脫, Foguang si 佛光寺, and the Religious Ethos of Wutai shan 五台山 4. “A Medieval Muslim’s Guide to Sanctity: Ibn ʿAqīl (d. 1119) and the ‘Safe Path’ to God” 5. The Sanctity of Saints: The Hanbali Sufi al-Ansari and the Dominican friar Serge de Beaurecueil 6. A Saint for all Times and Traditions? Meister Eckhart Across Religions Section II: Communities 7. Canonizing Saints in the Colonies: Miracles and Saintliness in the Making of the Uganda Martyrs 8. Milestones of Saintliness in Islam: A Journey in Four Stages 9. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and the Communion of Saints Section III: Practices 10. The Saddiq in Classical Rabbinic Literature 11. Mill Hill Missionaries as Martyrs: English Catholics within an Iconic Tradition 12. All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge: Deification and Tibetan Tantra 13. The Icon as Testimony and Way of Saintliness 14. Scriptural Reasoning and the Cry of the Poor: Seeking Saintliness in Interreligious Dialogue 15. Comparing Holiness in Scholarship and Pedagogy: Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Index
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