Between Heaven and Earth :
Orsi, Robert A.
Between Heaven and Earth : the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them / Religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them. Robert A. Orsi. - Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2006, c2005. - xi, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Princeton paperbacks. . - Princeton paperbacks. .
Originally published: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Jesus held him so close in His love for him that He left the marks of His passion on his body -- "Mildred, is it fun to be a cripple?" : the culture of suffering in mid-twentieth century American Catholicism -- The many names of the mother of God -- Material children : making God's presence real for Catholic boys and girls and for the adults in relation to them -- Two aspects of one life : Saint Gemma Galgani and my grandmother in the wound between devotion and history, the natural and the supernatural -- "Have you ever prayed to Saint Jude?" : reflections on fieldwork in Catholic Chicago -- Snakes alive : religious studies between heaven and earth.
069112776X (pbk.) 9780691127767 (pbk.)
2004043414
GBA674483 bnb
013541610 Uk
Catholic Church--Customs and practices--United States--Case studies.
Catholics--Religious life--United States--Case studies.
Christian saints--Cult--United States--Case studies.
Religion--Methodology.
BX1406.3 / .O77 2006
235.2071
Between Heaven and Earth : the religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them / Religious worlds people make and the scholars who study them. Robert A. Orsi. - Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2006, c2005. - xi, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Princeton paperbacks. . - Princeton paperbacks. .
Originally published: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Jesus held him so close in His love for him that He left the marks of His passion on his body -- "Mildred, is it fun to be a cripple?" : the culture of suffering in mid-twentieth century American Catholicism -- The many names of the mother of God -- Material children : making God's presence real for Catholic boys and girls and for the adults in relation to them -- Two aspects of one life : Saint Gemma Galgani and my grandmother in the wound between devotion and history, the natural and the supernatural -- "Have you ever prayed to Saint Jude?" : reflections on fieldwork in Catholic Chicago -- Snakes alive : religious studies between heaven and earth.
069112776X (pbk.) 9780691127767 (pbk.)
2004043414
GBA674483 bnb
013541610 Uk
Catholic Church--Customs and practices--United States--Case studies.
Catholics--Religious life--United States--Case studies.
Christian saints--Cult--United States--Case studies.
Religion--Methodology.
BX1406.3 / .O77 2006
235.2071