Sweeney, Jon M., 1967-

The lure of saints : a Protestant experience of Catholic tradition / Jon M. Sweeney. - Brewster, MA : Paraclete Press, c2005. - xxi, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and indexes.

How I came to love the saints -- Who are they, and how did it all begin? -- How I came to love the Catholic imagination -- An A to Z of the famous and the not-so-famous -- The Blessed Virgin Mary -- The making of a saint : how is it done today? -- The radical triumph of the Protestant idea -- Wonder working and the difficulty of belief -- The stranger side of saintliness -- The love of a woman -- Spiritual imitation and hidden saints -- Ten rough guidelines for living as a saint today -- Becoming saints.

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Christian saints.
Christian saints--Cult.
Christian life--Anglican authors.

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