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Includes bibliographical references and index
Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Ignatius of Loyola as a sign: religious conversion between divine grace and human will; 3. Philip Neri as a sign: religious conversion between internal and external missions; 4. Francis Xavier as a sign: conversion between sameness and otherness; 5. Therese of Avila as a sign: religious conversion between the cloister and the world; 6. Conclusions; Backmatter
Catholic saints are also signs. Through the saints, the Catholic Church communicates certain models of spirituality. After the Reformation, saints became the media through which the Catholic Church represented and promoted a renewal of the Catholic faith in Europe and in its colonies. Saints and Signs analyzes hagiographies, paintings, and other texts representing the sanctity of Ignatius of Loyola, Philip Neri, Francis Xavier, and Therese of Avila, in order to answer the following question: How did these words and images influence the Catholic spirituality at the beginning of modernity?
