Inventing the Sacred

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Author	: Andrew W. Keitt
Publisher	: BRILL
Total Pages	: 241
Release	: 2005
ISBN-10	: 9789004145818
ISBN-13	: 9004145818
Rating	: 4/5 (18 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Inventing the Sacred by : Andrew W. Keitt

Book excerpt: "Inventing the Sacred" analyzes the Spanish Inquisition's campaign to ferret out "false saints and scandalous impostors" whose claims of divinely inspired visions and revelations threatened the Catholic church's efforts to monopolize access to the supernatural.

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