Saints: A Very Short Introduction SFF_Gift_Guide A strengths-based approach to build

A strengths-based approach to build confidence and momentum

he seizes a lifeline to avoid certain death

and prevent (or even reverse) type 2 diabetes and heart disease

safe from the ravaging effects of thymia and the threat of the empire

a Filipina maid

Saints: A Very Short Introduction SFF_Gift_Guide A strengths-based approach to buildThe idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Yarrow looks at the origins, ideas, and definitions of sainthood, sanctity, and saints in the early Church, tracing their development in history and explaining the social roles saints played in the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Along the way, Yarrow considers the treatment of saints as objects of literary and artistic