Madonnas That Maim - Popular Catholicism in Italy Since the Fifteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Michael P. Carroll is a professor of sociology at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of The Penitente Brotherhood: Patriarchy and Hispano-Catholicism in New Mexico; Irish Pilgrimage: Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion; Veiled Threats: The Logic of Popular Catholicism in Italy; and Madonnas That Maim: Popular Catholicism in Italy since the Fifteenth Century, all published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext This is an excellent summary of the most recent literature on the subject (especially of studies in Italian); and it is also a superb compendium of specific religious practices and of scholarly approaches to them.

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• Authors: Michael P Carroll, Michael P. Carroll, Michael P. (University of Western Ontario Carroll, Carroll Michael P.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.1992
• EAN: 9780801842993
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-4299-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Church history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General