The Book of Saints

The Book of Saints
Author: Basil Watkins
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 841
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567664155

Now fully revised and updated The Book of Saints is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of saints canonised by the Roman Catholic Church. It contains the names of over 10,000 saints, including all modern ones, with significant information about their lives and achievements. Each section begins with an illustration of a particular saint, and the volume includes a list of national martyrs, a bibliography, and a helpful glossary. Produced by the Benedictine monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth (formerly Ramsgate) this classic resource is now in its 8th edition, and is fully revised to include all the saints canonised in the last ten years, including Pope St John Paul II and Blessed Paul VI.

Gods, Goddesses, and Saints

Gods, Goddesses, and Saints
Author: Barbara Carroll
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1478747005

Chanting exists in many religious and spiritual traditions. The practice of chant focuses the mind and body with simple physics of sound, while the choice of chant can reflect a specific need, or honor a tradition. Gods, Goddesses, and Saints is a user-friendly, in-depth guide to a solitary practice of chant and meditation, providing chants from many faiths, from pagan deities to saints from many religions. Beautifully organized in many different ways, this book encourages you to explore the resonance of important figures and their associations and meanings across many traditions. You will also find blank forms to help you create your own chants and meditations. Gods, Goddesses, and Saints provides a fresh view of spiritual practice and new ideas for the future of faith.

Asia in the Making of Europe

Asia in the Making of Europe
Author: Donald Frederick Lach
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 757
Release: 1965
Genre: Asia
ISBN: 0226467651

First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III
Author: Donald F. Lach
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 757
Release: 2022-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226466965

This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the New York Times Book Review, reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance. In Volume III: A Century of Advance, the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples.

Saints In Rome and Beyond

Saints In Rome and Beyond
Author: Daniel Thelen
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2015-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0986154725

Within Christian tradition the veneration of relics has happened quite naturally. From the first few moments of Christian history, as the three Marys looked on with surprise upon the empty tomb of Christ, to the most recent martyr, who in their own way suffers and joins him or herself to Christ's passion, the church has always shown a great desire to provide special dignity to the dead and proper veneration and respect for their remains. The Liturgy in a special way unites the most august celebration of the Eucharist with the memorials of the saints. This not only reflects the eternal union that Christ desires for each of us in heaven but it also expresses the incredible love that God has for his creation. This work attempts to tap into this marvelous reality. By focusing primarily upon the saints of the Roman Catholic Liturgical Calendar it is hoped that the pilgrim may in a unique way participate in the Divine Liturgy by visiting the shrines of the saints on their feast days.