Saints and Sacred Matter

Saints and Sacred Matter
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Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
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ISBN-10 : 0884024067
ISBN-13 : 9780884024064
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Book Synopsis Saints and Sacred Matter by : Cynthia Jean Hahn

Download or read book Saints and Sacred Matter written by Cynthia Jean Hahn and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saints and Sacred Matter explores the embodied aspects of the divine--physical remains of holy men and women and objects associated with them. Contributors explore how relics linked the past and present with an imagined future in essays that discuss Christian and other religious traditions from the ancient world such as Judaism and Islam.


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