Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. INTRODUCTION: HAGIOGRAPHICAL THEOLOGY - MAKING HOLY BODIES FROM THE WORD 1
6. 1. THOMAS OF CANTIMPRÉ: HIS LIFE AND LITERARY ACTIVITY 23
7. 2. “WITH WONDROUS HORROR SHE FLED”: DISSIMILARITY AND SANCTITY IN THE LIFE OF CHRISTINA THE ASTONISHING 48
8. 3. GENDERING PARTICULARITY: A COMPARISON OF THE LIFE OF CHRISTINA THE ASTONISHING AND THE LIFE OF ABBOT JOHN OF CANTIMPRÉ 83
9. 4. A QUESTION OF PROOF: AUGUSTINE AND THE READING OF HAGIOGRAPHY 92
10. 5. LANGUAGE, LITERACY, AND THE SAINTLY BODY 127
11. 6. THE USES OF ASTONISHMENT: APOPHASIS AND THE WRITING OF MYSTICAL HAGIOGRAPHY 156
12. 7. PRODUCING THE BODY OF GOD: EXEMPLARY TEACHING, JEWISH CARNALITY, AND CHRISTIAN DOUBT IN THE BONUM UNIVERSALE DE APIBUS 180
13. CONCLUSION 200
14. NOTES 205
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 273
16. INDEX 291