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HISTORY - CHRISTIAN TOPICS
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-- Relics
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Bodies Like Bright Stars: Saints and Relics in Orthodox Russia, by Robert H. Greene
Bodies Like Bright Stars makes use of archival documents from a number of sources to demonstrate how Orthodox men and women cultivated direct and literally hands-on relationships with their heavenly intercessors by visiting saintly shrines, touching and kissing miracle-working relics, and making pledges to repay the saints for miracles rendered. 292pp Cloth
Price: $42.00
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Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe, by Charles Freeman
In Holy Bones, Holy Dust, Freeman illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals, disease, and hellfire. 306pp Hardcover
Price: $35.00
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Mystery of the Shroud of Turin (The): New Scientific Evidence, by John C. Iannone
The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin: New Scientific Evidence "may be," in the words of Walter M. Abbott, S.J., " the most useful book [on the Shroud] for people to have." 250pp Paper
Price: $15.00
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Mystical Shroud (The): An Ecumenical Perspective (Revised Edition)
With nearly 20 illustrations, James Damon walks through various aspects of the Shroud of Turin, including various ecumenical ideas. 96pp Paper
Price: $10.00
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Relics and Miracles, by Sergius Bulgakov; Translated by Boris Jakim
Two great works of Russian Orthodox theology, one on relics and one on miracles, by Sergius Bulgakov in English translation. 128pp Paper
Price: $24.00
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Rome of Pope Paschal I (The): Papal Power, Urban Renovation, Church Rebuilding and Relic Translation, 817-824, by Caroline J. Goodson
By examining the relationships between the material world and political power in early medieval Rome, this innovative study reveals the importance of Rome's sacred and urban landscape in constructing papal rule and influence both in the city and beyond. 408pp Hardcover
Price: $99.00
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Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics, by Thomas J. Craughwell
Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics is the first grand-scale consumer reference book on the subject of relics. 336pp Paper
Publication Due July 2011.
Price: $16.00
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Shroud (The): A Guide to the Reading of an Image Full of Mystery, by Lamberto Schiatti
"An unusual and mysterious relic, a unique witness - we accept the argument brought forth by countless scientists - to Easter, to the Passion, Death and Resurrection. A silent, but at the same time surprisingly eloquent witness!" - John Paul II. 36pp Paper
Price: $5.00
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