04090nam 2200793Ia 450 991045923430332120200520144314.01-282-78413-797866127841323-11-022952-810.1515/9783110229523(CKB)2670000000044760(EBL)584971(OCoLC)665834605(SSID)ssj0000427574(PQKBManifestationID)11304782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427574(PQKBWorkID)10424607(PQKB)10621624(MiAaPQ)EBC584971(DE-B1597)39098(OCoLC)1024052302(OCoLC)1037981174(OCoLC)1041992858(OCoLC)1046614350(OCoLC)1047019939(OCoLC)1049147853(OCoLC)1054874351(OCoLC)774132940(DE-B1597)9783110229523(Au-PeEL)EBL584971(CaPaEBR)ebr10415644(CaONFJC)MIL278413(EXLCZ)99267000000004476020100524d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSaints and signs[electronic resource] a semiotic reading of conversion in early modern Catholicism /Massimo LeoneBerlin ;New York De Gruyterc20101 online resource (664 p.)Religion and society,1437-5370 ;v. 48Description based upon print version of record.3-11-022951-X Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ignatius of Loyola as a sign: religious conversion between divine grace and human will -- 3. Philip Neri as a sign: religious conversion between internal and external missions -- 4. Francis Xavier as a sign: conversion between sameness and otherness -- 5. Therese of Avila as a sign: religious conversion between the cloister and the world -- 6. Conclusions -- BackmatterSaints and Signs analyzes a corpus of hagiographies, paintings, and other materials related to four of the most prominent saints of early modern Catholicism: Ignatius of Loyola, Philip Neri, Francis Xavier, and Therese of Avila.Verbal and visual documents - produced between the end of the Council of Trent (1563) and the beginning of the pontificate of Urban VIII (1623) - are placed in their historical context and analyzed through semiotics - the discipline that studies signification and communication - in order to answer the following questions: How did these four saints become signs of the renewal of Catholic spirituality after the Reformation? How did their verbal and visual representations promote new Catholic models of religious conversion? How did this huge effort of spiritual propaganda change the modern idea of communication?The book is divided into four sections, focusing on the four saints and on the particular topics related to their hagiologic identity: early modern theological debates on grace (Ignatius of Loyola); cultural contaminations between Catholic internal and external missions (Philip Neri); the Christian identity in relation to non-Christian territories (Francis Xavier); the status of women in early modern Catholicism (Therese of Avila). Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ;48.Christian saintsIdols and imagesHagiographyChristian art and symbolismElectronic books.Christian saints.Idols and images.Hagiography.Christian art and symbolism.282.09/03BO 5530rvkLeone Massimo1975-750475MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459234303321Saints and signs2489964UNINA