How to Be a Saint
An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of The Catholic Church's Biggest Names
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2025
Sourcebooks, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-7282-7741-7 (ISBN)
Sourcebooks, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-7282-7741-7 (ISBN)
Part history lesson. Part sacrilege. An entirely good time.
Think you have what it takes to be a saint? Lucky for you, thousands of souls have paved the way to heaven—creating a clear formula for getting the job done while also leaving a rich, disturbing history behind them. And in just five easy-ish steps, you can learn how to secure your own halo!
But even if the whole “dying and becoming a saint” thing doesn’t appeal to you, the bizarrely bureaucratic process of canonization is still guaranteed to delight and entertain. How to Be Saint is a compulsively readable and endlessly entertaining ride through Catholicism for anyone who enjoys their history with a side of comedy. From flying friars to severed heads, this book explores the wild lives (and deaths) of saints and pulls the curtain back on the oddest quirks of religious doctrine.
Whether you’re a lifelong Catholic or a weird-history enthusiast, How to Be a Saint is your ultimate guide to understanding the hilarious, fascinating, and shockingly true history of sainthood.
Think you have what it takes to be a saint? Lucky for you, thousands of souls have paved the way to heaven—creating a clear formula for getting the job done while also leaving a rich, disturbing history behind them. And in just five easy-ish steps, you can learn how to secure your own halo!
But even if the whole “dying and becoming a saint” thing doesn’t appeal to you, the bizarrely bureaucratic process of canonization is still guaranteed to delight and entertain. How to Be Saint is a compulsively readable and endlessly entertaining ride through Catholicism for anyone who enjoys their history with a side of comedy. From flying friars to severed heads, this book explores the wild lives (and deaths) of saints and pulls the curtain back on the oddest quirks of religious doctrine.
Whether you’re a lifelong Catholic or a weird-history enthusiast, How to Be a Saint is your ultimate guide to understanding the hilarious, fascinating, and shockingly true history of sainthood.
KATE SIDLEY is a Writers Guild and Peabody award-winning, seven-time Emmy-nominated writer and performer living in New York. Currently, she is a writer and digital content producer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In addition to her comedy writing, Kate is a recovering Catholic school girl. To this day, she refuses to wear plaid skirts.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.06.2025 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 211 mm |
| Gewicht | 614 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
| Literatur ► Historische Romane | |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7282-7741-8 / 1728277418 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7282-7741-7 / 9781728277417 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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