Lay Sanctity, Medieval and Modern a Search for Models
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr
- Publish date: 01/01/2000
Lay Sanctity, Medieval and Modern: A Search for Models seeks to conjoin the concepts of laity and sanctity in a search for personal and conceptual models of lay sanctity. The essays contained in this volume consider questions such as why so few lay persons have been canonized and to what extent the pursuit of sanctity requires lay saints either to deny or affirm their lay condition. They examine viable models for inspiring and evaluating lay sanctity and ask whether, if the dominant model of Christian sanctity is quasi-monastic, it is possible in the post-Vatican II church for laypersons to realize their distinct calling to holiness.