Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith (Hardcover)

from doomjesse

Afterlives of the Saints is more a meditation on faith than it is a collection of short saint biographies. To the author's credit he admits as much in the introduction. Unfortunately it sometimes seems as if the saints are almost afterthoughts because he references so many other authors. If you'r...

from sdmtngirl

Not having been brought up within the realms of Saints I was pleased to find this book on my doorstep. Working in the world of Public and Law Libraries I was delighted to find that the first reviewed Saint was Jerome, Patron Saint of librarians and libraries as well as archivists, translators and...

from IslandDave

The Afterlives of the Saints offers a small glimpse into the history of saints and those they influenced. The pace is quick and there isn't a grand overarching narrative to draw together the various people who have achieved sainthood. While not a terribly comprehensive look at saints, Dickey does...

from artistlibrarian

​Dickey's latest work is an interesting selection of saints - famous and forgotten, martyred and disfigured, the academics and the ignorant. Afterlives is not a collection of biographies; it is much more a postmodern investigation of their lives. A foundation in Catholicism is less necessary than...

from Kegsoccer

"Afterlives of the Saints" by Colin Dickey is a useful tool if you're wondering about some of the saints out there. It is not by any means all-inclusive, but there is a wealth of information that would be useful to anyone trying to find out information on little known saints. I thought it could h...