Sentences with phrase «of sainthood»

An essay by Donna Frietas in which she discusses her first novel, The Possibilities of Sainthood.

There was an outbreak of sainthood in sixteenth - century Italy in answer to the challenge of the Renaissance, and another in nineteenth - century France in answer to the challenge of the Revolution.

In the end I suspect it matters little; the icon of sainthood so written by Maximus is the same one Vodolazkin venerates.

The Vatican could announce as soon as Friday that the late Pope John Paul II is to be beatified, putting him on the verge of sainthood, several Italian newspapers reported this week.

According to Duffy, the new model of sainthood fosters Pelagianism, «a wearisome emphasis on good deeds and moral effort, the saint as prig and puritan.»

In the story therefore, al - Khidr, the quintessence of sainthood [a traditionally lesser position in relation to the place of the prophets in esoteric Islam] assumes the role of the primary interlocutor contributing to the cognitive development of Moses the prophet.52

In a year that has witnessed a vigorous refurbishing of the aura of sainthood surrounding the Kennedys, it is useful to be reminded how equivocal they and most of their minions were in the face of the demand for black equality.

We know from the work of Andreas D'Souza that Jesus was identified with the ideal state of sainthood — the perfect goal of all the saints.

The talk was one of the longest of the visit and was delivered with a low - key intensity; so palpable was his urgency in inviting young people to dare the course of sainthood.

The Reformation understood (1) that life must be completed by a power that is not our own, (2) that human pride insinuates itself on every level of sainthood, and (3) that freedom can bring either good or evil or both.

Although it may be presumptuous to seek to analyze theological motives apart from the psychological, let us attempt it — without benefit of sainthood!

We're not fielding a football team of sainthood... We're fielding a team of skill and talent..

His Lincoln is complex and endearing, never fully likeable but always hugely admirable, and because of these happy contradictions «Lincoln» works as a snapshot of a great man without ever slipping into a portrait of sainthood.

«Milk» is an agitprop fantasy about the selflessness of sainthood.

An arresting cast doesn't hurt, and some pleasing performances smooth over some of the film's more rudimentary life lessons and gimmicky assay into the nature of sainthood.

Just over two years ago, Rajendra K. Pachauri seemed destined for a scientist's version of sainthood: A vegetarian economist - engineer who leads the United Nations» climate change panel, he accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the panel, sharing the honor with former Vice President Al Gore.

In many ways The Possibilities of Sainthood is an ode to growing up Roman Catholic in an Italian household, and how praying for the saints to intercede on one matter or another is as regularly a part of life as eating pasta.

This attitude accounts for her venture into the world of fiction, the publication of her novel, The Possibilities of Sainthood (Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux)-- about a fifteen - year - old girl who aspires to become the first official living saint in Catholic history.

Born in Rhode Island where The Possibilities of Sainthood is set, Donna received her Ph.D. in Religion from Catholic University, and she's a non-resident senior fellow at Education Sector, a think - tank in Washington, DC.

Her novel, The Possibilities of Sainthood (FSG, 2008), received five starred reviews and many accolades, including: an Indie Next Kids» List Great Read, Society of School Librarians International Book Award Honor Book, VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers, and the Texas Lone Star Reading List.