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Wounds of love : the mystical marriage of Saint Rose of Lima

Author: Frank Graziano
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The Peruvian mystic St. Rose of Lima (Isabel Flores y Oliva, 1586-1617) was canonized in 1671 as the first saint of the New World and remains the object of widespread devotion today. In this study, Frank Graziano uses the example of St. Rose to explore the meaning of female mysticism and the way in which saints are products of their cultures."--BOOK JACKET.
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Named Person: Rose, of Lima Saint
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Frank Graziano
ISBN: 0195136403 9780195136401
OCLC Number: 51305642
Description: xiv, 338 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. Meanings in Motion --
2. Conditioned Perceptions --
3. Miracle of the Rose --
4. Why Rose of Lima? --
5. Mysticism as Dissent --
6. Vicarious Atonement --
7. Spiritualized Symptoms --
8. Psychosexual Faith --
9. Purgatory of Love.
Responsibility: Frank Graziano.
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"The Peruvian mystic St. Rose of Lima (Isabel Flores y Oliva, 1586-1617) was canonized in 1671 as the first saint of the New World and remains the object of widespread devotion today. In this study, Frank Graziano uses the example of St. Rose to explore the meaning of female mysticism and the way in which saints are products of their cultures."--BOOK JACKET.

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