1st Edition
Holiness Compared Critical Approaches to Sanctity in the Twenty-First Century
1. Processes, Politics, and Polarities: Comparative Approaches to Holiness and Sanctity
Paul Kollman, CSC and Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga
Section I: Individuals
2. “Universal Sister”: Dynamics of Spirituality Illuminated in Saint Josephine Bakhita (1869–1947)
Diane B. Stinton
3. Jietuo 解脫, Foguang si 佛光寺, and the Religious Ethos of Wutai shan 五台山
Robert M. Gimello 詹密羅
4. “A Medieval Muslim’s Guide to Sanctity”: Ibn ʿAqīl (d. 1119) and the ‘Safe Path’ to God
Gabriel Said Reynolds
5. The Sanctity of Saints: The Hanbali Sufi al-Ansari and the Dominican Friar Serge de Beaurecueil
Minlib Dallh
6. A Saint for all Times and Traditions? Meister Eckhart across Religions
Catherine Cornille
Section II: Communities
7. Canonizing Saints in the Colonies: Miracles and Saintliness in the Making of the Uganda Martyrs
Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga
8. Milestones of Saintliness in Islam: A Journey in Four Stages
Martino Diez
9. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and the Communion of Saints
Ann W. Astell
Section III: Practices
10. The Saddiq in Classical Rabbinic Literature
Tzvi Novick
11. Mill Hill Missionaries as Martyrs: English Catholics within an Iconic Tradition
Paul Kollman, CSC
12. All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge: Deification and Tibetan Tantra
Trent Pomplun
13. The Icon as Testimony and Way of Saintliness
Federico Aguirre
14. Scriptural Reasoning and the Cry of the Poor: Seeking Saintliness in Interreligious Dialogue
Rocío Cortés-Rodríguez
15. Comparing Holiness in Scholarship and Pedagogy: Concluding Thoughts
Paul Kollman, CSC and Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University.
Paul Kollman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, USA.
