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This ground-breaking book brings theoretical perspectives from twenty-first century media, film, and cultural studies to medieval hagiography. Medieval Saints and Modern Screens stakes the claim for a provocative new methodological intervention: consideration of hagiography as media. More precisely, hagiography is most productively understood as cinematic media. Medieval mystical episodes are made intelligible to modern audiences through reference to the filmic - the language, form, and lived experience of cinema. Similarly, reference to the realm of the mystical affords a means to express the disconcerting physical and emotional effects of watching cinema. Moreover, cinematic spectatorship affords, at times, a (more or less) secular experience of visionary transcendence: an 'agape-ic encounter'. The medieval saint's visions of God are but one pole of a spectrum of visual experience which extends into our present multi-media moment. We too conjure godly visions: on our smartphones, on the silver screen, and on our TVs and laptops. This book places contemporary pop-culture media - such as blockbuster movie The Dark Knight, Kim Kardashian West's social media feeds, and the outputs of online role-players in Second Life - in dialogue with a corpus of thirteenth-century Latin biographies, 'Holy Women of Liège'. In these texts, holy women see God, and see God often. Their experiences fundamentally orient their life, and offer the women new routes to knowledge, agency, and belonging. For the holy visionaries of Liège, as with us modern 'seers', visions are physically intimate, ideologically overloaded spaces. Through theoretically informed close readings, Medieval Saints and Modern Screens reveals the interconnection of decidedly 'old' media - medieval textualities - and artefacts of our 'new media' ecology, which all serve as spaces in which altogether human concerns are brought before the contemporary culture's eyes.
Daily reflections on Saints, Prophets, and witnesses for our time.
The purpose of this book is to give you an informal glimpse of astonishing personalities within the Latter-Day Saint Movement. This work is for informational purposes aimed at your personal enlightenment and not designed to be placed within the academic field. It may be considered as a guidebook, or a "Who's Who," revealing remarkable individuals related to the theme of this book. Simply put, this book is basically a narrative of "free-spirited" individuals associated with the movement by birth, membership or association along with their notable achievements. As you have noticed, the title introduces three words: Seers, Saints, and Sinners. Within the context of this book, we must know the meanings of these words as they are applied herein. By definition, a "seer" is a person who sees things others cannot, a person who prophesies future events, a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge, or a person who is reputed to have special powers of divination, as a crystal gazer or palmist. You will discover Joseph Smith was not the only personality claiming to be a seer to guide his followers. During the early days of the Latter-Day Saint Movement up to the present, there have been numerous individuals claiming to have received revelations from God. They truly believed in their seership, and convinced many members of the movement to follow them. The majority of these kinds of seers are connected to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, claiming the church is in a state of apostasy or have received new scriptures from God. Most people understand the word "saint" pertains to an individual of exceptional virtue, benevolence, and holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization. As used in this book, a saint is a founder, sponsor, or patron, of a movement or organization. In certain religious groups, such as those of the Latter-Day Saint Movement, the word is applied by the members to themselves. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints specifically refer to themselves as "saints." This book will cover the full spectrum of saints from persons not in harmony with church doctrines to those with an unwavering testimony, faith, and commitment towards the benefit of all humanity regardless of gender, race, or religion. Obviously, we all know what a "sinner" is. By definition a sinner is a person who has broken a religious or moral law; one that has voluntarily violated the divine law; a moral agent who has voluntarily disobeyed any divine precept, or neglected any known duty; an unregenerate person; one who has not received the pardon of his sins. I felt obligated to reveal a few sinners that either rebelled against the movement for selfish and personal glorification, or committed serious infractions of moral laws. Some deliberately used deception to challenge the church. Those that have committed murder and mayhem are surely classified as sinners, and several are mentioned in this work. As this book is organized into informal short accounts, please take your time going over each profile or casually read them in any preferred order. From the examples of those presented in this book we should never be ashamed to be different from our peers. The world is a better place when we have variety of thoughts and actions; otherwise, we would be no better off than sheep in the fields, exclusively relying on nature alone. Besides, you may discover personalities in this book that are just like yourself! REED S. ANDERSON
The saints were the original social justice advocates. This stunning collection of contemporary portraits celebrates their diversity and spiritual depth as never before, accompanied by thoughtful reflections from bestselling and influential writers. “This book is profound, insightful, and beautifully disruptive.”—Sarah Bessey, author of the New York Times bestsellers A Rhythm of Prayer and Jesus Feminist Over the centuries, the rich diversity and relevance of the saints has been whitewashed, their images portrayed as expressionless, and the lessons of their lives watered down. But artist, writer, and modern iconographer Gracie Morbitzer is painting the truth. The Modern Saints is a celebration of the divergence of ethnicities, ages, abilities, and practices of spiritual pilgrims who transformed the world, and an invitation to connect with historical icons whose lives have astonishing and inspiring relevance for our present-day. Each entry of this striking collection features a contemporary image of the saint, a re-imagining of the space they might hold in society today, and an inspiring prayer to honor each figure. Readers will appreciate each contribution from our current generation's spiritual thought leaders that illuminate the impact and wisdom each historical saint offers us today. Among forty-eight additional spiritual reflections and original paintings, The Modern Saints presents: • Fr. James Martin’s reflections on the flexibility of St. Ignatius of Loyola to encounter God in everyday life • Tsh Oxenreider's unique appreciation for the endurance of St. Monica with her strong-willed children • Dr. Christena Cleveland's praise for St. Catherine of Alexandria’s fight for intersectional justice • Kirby Hoberg’s inspiration from the resilience of St. Kateri—the first indigenous American to be canonized—who overcame personal humiliation to cultivate love in her community With its unique portraits and compelling narrative, this 52-week collection is perfect for devotional reading, as it will move, encourage, and strengthen each reader as they find solidarity and profound belonging within the host of saints.
Nearly three hundred alphabetically arranged entries cover such topics as ancient religions, Eastern religions, Christianity, new religious movements, and key religious figures.