Kathleen Jones

Basic Dictionary of Saints

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lively and informative introduction to some 300 men and women from different Christian traditions and different eras who have come to be regarded as holy. We meet them not as spiritual superstars but as real people whose example can inspire us today. Based on recent scholarship which has endeavoured to separate reliable historical facts from unhelpful or exaggerated legends, this popular introductioin to the saints and to their place in the life of the churches today will be welcomed as an essential reference guide.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canterbury Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9781853113970
• ISBN-10: 1853113972
• Artikelnr.: 21513395

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Jones was born and brought up on a hill farm in the English Lake District. She spent some years living in Africa and the Middle East, where she worked in broadcasting. She is a poet, biographer and novelist, whose subjects include Katherine Mansfield, Catherine Cookson, Christina Rossetti, and the pioneering 17th century writer Margaret Cavendish. Her account of the lives of the women associated with the Lake Poets, 'A Passionate Sisterhood' was a Virago Classic. Kathleen worked in broadcast journalism and is the author of two novels and a collection of short fiction. She has taught creative writing in a number of universities, is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, and in 2012 was elected a Fellow of the English Association for services to literature. She has also published four collections of poetry and a travel journal, 'Travelling to the Edge of the World'. Kathleen lives in the Lake District with her partner, who is a sculptor.