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INTRODUCTION: HAGIOGRAPHICAL THEOLOGY—MAKING HOLY BODIES FROM THE WORD

1. THOMAS OF CANTIMPRÉ: HIS LIFE AND LITERARY ACTIVITY

2. “WITH WONDROUS HORROR SHE FLED”: DISSIMILARITY AND SANCTITY IN THE LIFE OF CHRISTINA THE ASTONISHING

3. GENDERING PARTICULARITY: A COMPARISON OF THE LIFE OF CHRISTINA THE ASTONISHING AND THE LIFE OF ABBOT JOHN OF CANTIMPRÉ

4. A QUESTION OF PROOF: AUGUSTINE AND THE READING OF HAGIOGRAPHY

5. LANGUAGE, LITERACY, AND THE SAINTLY BODY

6. THE USES OF ASTONISHMENT: APOPHASIS AND THE WRITING OF MYSTICAL HAGIOGRAPHY

7. PRODUCING THE BODY OF GOD: EXEMPLARY TEACHING, JEWISH CARNALITY, AND CHRISTIAN DOUBT IN THE BONUM UNIVERSALE DE APIBUS

CONCLUSION

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