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Imetegija Stepan: püha Permi Stefani kuju komi legendides [PDF]

Mäetagused, 2014
The article compares the biography of St. Stephen of Perm, written by Epiphanius the Wise, with the stories about the miracle maker Stephen known in Komi folklore.
Pavel Limerov
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A Preliminary Controlled Vocabulary for the Description of Hagiographic Texts

Religions, 2019
As a genre defined by its content rather than by its form, the extreme diversity of the kinds of texts that can be considered “hagiographic” often proves an impediment to the progress of comparative hagiology.
David M. DiValerio
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Kabir and Pedagogy: Teaching the Politics of Religion through the Hagiography of an Indian Saint

Religions
This essay discusses the virtues of hagiology-driven teaching and the pedagogical value of the saint in the religious studies classroom, focusing on how a series of class assignments and activities centered on the Indian devotional saint Kabir function ...
Patton Burchett
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Saints across Traditions and Time Periods: Methods for Increasing Range and Reading in Comparative Frameworks

Religions, 2019
This paper offers a nascent attempt at best practices for the comparative method in a conference setting. Exploring the value in transcendence of traditions and specialization, it traces the preparation and outcome of a recent comparative hagiology panel
Todd E. French
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Comparative Methods for Teaching Contemporary and Ancient Saints

Religions
This paper argues that a comparative study of saints is not only a useful classroom tool for historians and religionists, but an exceptionally powerful locus of pedagogical insight and cultural understanding.
Todd E. French, Mohammed Forero Bucheli
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Dialogue and Destabilization: An Index for Comparative Global Exemplarity

Religions, 2019
This reflection derives from a discussion that took place at the 2018 “Comparative Hagiology” pre-conference workshop of the American Academy of Religion. The goal during that meeting was to articulate points of dialogue for the comparison of
Sara Ritchey
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Problems of Studying Russian Hagiography

Слово.ру: балтийский акцент, 2017
This article outlines the major problems of studying Russian hagiography. The author responds to the challenge of performing a comprehensive analysis of a hagiographic text, while preserving the unity of the content and the form.
Dorofeeva L. G.
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Saints and Celebrities

Religions
This article offers a pedagogical approach to introducing undergraduate students to hagiology by comparing medieval sanctity to modern celebrity. The bodies of saints and celebrities are important loci for the transmission of sanctity or celebrity from a
Kathleen M. Self
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Thomas of Cantimpré’s Hagiographies: Working with a Scientific-Historical Comparative Methodology in the Classroom

Religions
This paper firstly describes how my teaching context and student body shapes the methodological and motivational resources that I use in the first three weeks of a section in comparative hagiographical studies.
Scott Harrower
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“Hagiological Patronage” – a Theological Reflection on the Traces of Memory of Blessed Dorothy of Mątowy (in Poland)

Studia Warmińskie, 2023
The article presents the issue of holiness shown in the patronage of a medieval mystic and recluse living in Prussia (today's northern Poland). The study is included in the current reflection on the teaching of Francis on the universal call to holiness.
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