Exemplary Life : Modelling Sainthood in Christian Syria /

Based on over five years of ethnographic fieldwork in Syria, Exemplary Life focuses on the life of a Damascus woman, Myrna Nazzour, who serves as an aspirational figure in her community. Myrna is regarded by her followers as an exemplary figure, a living saint, and the messages, apparitions, stigmat...

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Main Author: Bandak, Andreas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Series:Anthropological Horizons
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Prologue --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Introduction: Modelling Sainthood in Christian Syria --   |t Chapter One Closer to Mary --   |t Chapter Two Repeated Prayers --   |t Chapter Three Exemplary Series --   |t Chapter Four Life and Story --   |t Chapter Five Signs and Evidence --   |t Chapter Six Prophecies of Unity --   |t Chapter Seven Damascus Speaking --   |t Conclusion Towards an Anthropology of the Example --   |t Epilogue Of Miracles and the Belatedness of Examples --   |t Notes --   |t References --   |t Index 
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520 |a Based on over five years of ethnographic fieldwork in Syria, Exemplary Life focuses on the life of a Damascus woman, Myrna Nazzour, who serves as an aspirational figure in her community. Myrna is regarded by her followers as an exemplary figure, a living saint, and the messages, apparitions, stigmata, and oil that have marked Myrna since 1982 have corroborated her status as chosen by God. Exemplary Life probes the power of examples, the modelling of sainthood around Myrna's figure, and the broader context for Syrian Christians in the changing landscape of the Middle East. The book highlights the social use of examples such as the ones inhabited by Myrna's devout followers and how they reveal the broader structures of illustration, evidence, and persuasion in social and cultural settings. Andreas Bandak argues that the role of the example should incite us to investigate which trains of thought set local worlds in motion. In doing so, Exemplary Life presents a novel frame for examining how religion comes to matter to people and adds a critical dimension to current anthropological engagements with ethics and morality 
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