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Saint George Liberator : Hagiography As Resistance in the Modern Mediterranean.

A compelling investigation of how representations of Orthodox Christian saints serve as means of resistance amid cultural and political domination On the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, repeatedly conquered and colonized, Orthodox Christians have long struggled for political self-determinati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hollander, Aaron T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2025.
Series:Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought.
Subjects:
Orthodox Eastern Church > Cyprus > History.
Orthodox Eastern saints.
Christian hagiography.
George, > Saint, > -303.
Orthodox Eastern Church > History.
Église orthodoxe > Histoire.
Hagiographie chrétienne.
Cultural.
Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Christianity.
RELIGION.
Electronic books.
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Summary:A compelling investigation of how representations of Orthodox Christian saints serve as means of resistance amid cultural and political domination On the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, repeatedly conquered and colonized, Orthodox Christians have long struggled for political self-determination, agricultural sustainability, and spiriƯtual...
Physical Description:1 online resource (485 p.).
ISBN:9781531512071 (electronic bk.)
1531512070
9781531512064
1531512062