Global Sanctity

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Hagiography Society

Organizer Name

Sara Ritchey

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette

Presider Name

Alison Frazier

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-Austin

Paper Title 1

Hagiography as Folklore in the New Mexican Cuentos

Presenter 1 Name

Mary Morse

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Rider Univ.

Paper Title 2

Christian and Buddhist Holy Men in the Seventh through Ninth Century: A Comparative Approach to Global Sanctity

Presenter 2 Name

Nikolaus Hoel

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Northeastern Illinois Univ.

Paper Title 3

God Breaking Into a Sweat: Janabai's Poems of the Mystical Encounter

Presenter 3 Name

Jayita Sinha

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-Austin

Paper Title 4

Repentant Demons, Contrite Cannibals, and Vengeful Crocodiles: Sin and Sanctity in Medieval Arabic Christian Narratives

Presenter 4 Name

Elizabeth L. Anderson

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Yale Univ.

Start Date

9-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 208

Description

Virtuous exemplars play important roles in all the world religions. We invite papers that address medieval people of extraordinary virtue in, e.g., Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, as well as Christianity. Subjects might include developing cult; liturgical practice; use of relics; associated literature; political implications; vision and miracle; pilgrimage and architecture; gender and asceticism; relevance to contemporary world cult. Scholars may wish to collaborate in submitting papers for a panel that explores a single one of these subjects from a comparative perspective. Our goal is to enable enriching comparisons and contrasts among religions in the pre-modern world.

Sara M. Ritchey