| Stigmata: A Medieval Mystery in a Modern Age Contributor(s): Harrison, Ted (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140252053 ISBN-13: 9780140252057 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Since St. Francis of Assisi in the 13th century, ordinary people have suffered spontaneous lesions on and bleeding from their hands and feet, resembling the wounds received by Christ during the Crucifixion. In this startling look at the prevalence of stigmata, a former religious correspondent for the BBC examines cases of this phenomenon which have happened as recently as 1991. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts |
| Dewey: 248.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.04" W x 7.68" (0.33 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A ten-year-old black girl in California bled from her palms, feet, right side, and the middle of her forehead for nineteen days in 1972, until good Friday, when the bleeding stopped. A Washington, D.C., priest experienced spontaneous bleeding from his writsts, feet, and right side in 1991. Since St. Francis of Assisi in the thirteenth century, ordinary people have suffered spontaneous lesions and bleeding resembling the wounds received by Christ during the crucifixion. Until recently, the occurrences of this religious and medical phenomenon had been limited to European cultures, but more and more cases of stigmata are being reported in Latin America and the United States. Including a startling analysis of the socioeconomic conditions that might give rise to the emergence of stigmatics at the end of another millennium and interviews with a medical expert on stigmata, this intriguing and objective examination is one of the most controversial books about religious phenomena since Embraced by the Light. |