Trickster saints and their manifestations and miracles in late antique hagiography
"This book explores how late antique miracle collections depict Christian saints as subversive, theatrical tricksters who blur the boundaries between sacred and profane, human and divine. Readers will gain a fresh perspective on the cultural and theological imagination of Late Antiquity through...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2026
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| In: | Jahr: 2026 |
| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Religion, medicine and health in late antiquity
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Griechisch
/ Hagiografie
/ Wunder (Motiv)
/ Täuschung (Motiv)
/ Spätantike
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| RelBib Classification: | KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum KCD Hagiographie; Heilige TD Spätantike |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Miracles
History To 1500
B Christian hagiography History and criticism B Christian literature, Early Greek authors History and criticism B Holiness Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 B Holiness Christianity History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500 B Christian saints Cult History To 1500 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This book explores how late antique miracle collections depict Christian saints as subversive, theatrical tricksters who blur the boundaries between sacred and profane, human and divine. Readers will gain a fresh perspective on the cultural and theological imagination of Late Antiquity through a detailed analysis of Greek hagiographic texts. Doroszewska combines literary, religious, and anthropological approaches to show how saints functioned as shape-shifting, paradoxical figures-divine jesters who used ambiguity, humor, and disruption to communicate the sacred. The chronological framework of this study spans from the 5th to the 7th/8th century, exploring the emergence, heyday, and eventual decline of miracle collections following the Arab conquest. The volume demonstrates that idiosyncrasies in the characterisation of the saints in these texts form a coherent model when approached with the template of the trickster paradigm, offering a readers new understanding of sainthood in late antique Christianity. Trickster Saints and Their Manifestations and Miracles in Late Antique Hagiography is suitable for scholars and students of late antique Christianity, hagiography, religious studies, classical studies, and those interested in the intersections of literature, folklore, and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physische Details: | ix, 237 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-032-89227-6 978-1-032-89228-3 |
