Between Heaven and Earth by Robert A Orsi

Between Heaven and Earth by Robert A Orsi

"Between Heaven and Earth" explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the saints in twentieth-century American Catholic history, and reflects, more broadly, on how people live in the company of sacred figures and how these relationships shape the ties between people on earth. In this boldly argued and beautifully written book, Robert Orsi also considers how scholars of religion occupy the ground in between belief and analysis, faith and scholarship. Orsi infuses his analysis with an autobiographical voice steeped in his own Italian-American Catholic background - from the devotion of his uncle Sal, who had cerebral palsy, to a "crippled saint," Margaret of Castello; to the bond of his Tuscan grandmother with Saint Gemma Galgani. Religion exists not as a medium of making meanings, Orsi maintains, but as a network of relationships between heaven and earth involving people of all ages as well as the many sacred figures they hold dear. Orsi argues that modern academic theorizing about religion has long sanctioned dubious distinctions between "good" or "real" religious expression on the one hand and "bad" or "bogus" religion on the other, which marginalize these everyday relationships with sacred figures. This book is a brilliant critical inquiry into the lives that people make, for better or worse, between heaven and earth, and into the ways scholars of religion could better study of these worlds.

Full of religious experiences that tell stories about the extraordinary meanings ordinary people create in their livesPublishers Weekly By its very nature, religion deals with our deepest longings and most bitter frustrations, especially concerning our relationships with others. -- Paul Baumann Chicago Tribune [A] compelling blend of personal narrative and scholarly inquiryA... The result is frequently dazzling. -- John T. McGreevy Commonwealth A classic... [A] memorable book [that balances] historical, archival and personal evidence in a rare style of historical auto-ethnography. -- Claire Hoertz Badaracco America Orsi mixes personal family history with anthropological and historical argumentations... [T]he book moves far beyond the study of Catholicism Choice

Robert A. Orsi is Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America, Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of "The Madonna of 115th Street", winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association; and of "Thank You, St. Jude", winner of the 1998 Merle Curti Award in American Social History.

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ISBN 13	9780691049038
ISBN 10	0691049033
Titel	Between Heaven and Earth
Autor	Robert A Orsi
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Verlag	Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-11-14
Seitenanzahl	264
Preise	Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2005
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