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Christian Saints

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God & Work

What this book knows

Saints are made by ordinary people's needs as much as by official Church decree, revealing what humans most fear, hope, and revere.

Sex: Absent
Work: Present
Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

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faith-and-doubt

ordinary people contribute to what we know about saints because that has a lot to do with what people needed from them
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Philip was ever skeptical of sudden conversions, seeing them as less sustainable than consistent, small spiritual exercises
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Stephen had heard about Guinefort from women seeking healing miracles for their children through a series of strange rituals
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mortality

Bakhita was born free into a large and loving family — much of what we know comes from Bakhita herself, interviewed later in life
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obedience-and-authority

Romero gave a short summary of the missing and the dead — the one authority who cared about their missing
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Philip's antics caused concern in ecclesiastical circles; his group was investigated several times by the Inquisition
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