Thank you, St. Jude : women's devotion to the patron saint of hopeless causes

Thank you, St. Jude : women's devotion to the patron saint of hopeless causes / Robert A. Orsi.

St. Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes, is the most popular saint of the American Catholic laity, particularly among women. This fascinating book describes how the cult of St. Jude originated in 1929, traces the rise in Jude's popularity over the next decades, and investigates the circumstan...

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Main Author: Orsi, Robert A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]
Subjects:
Jude, > Saint > Cult > United States.
Jude, > Saint
Judas > Thaddäus
Catholic women > Religious life > United States.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Catholic women > Religious life
Cults
Heiligenverehrung
Religiöses Leben
Heiligenverering.
Vrouwen.
United States > Religious life and customs.
United States
USA
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