Saints and Vertues

Author/Contributor(s):	Hawley, John Stratton
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	09/14/1987
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This book explores a larger family of saints-those celebrated not just by Christianity but by other religious traditions of the world: Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Confucian, African, and Caribbean. The essays show how saints serve as moral exemplars in the communities that venerate them.