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Beginnings both humble and spectacular
Conversation and asceticism on the road to sanctity
Dreams and visions, visitors and voices: God in touch with his friends
Miracles and marvels: God working through his friends
Mere mortals: friends and the human condition
Friends and their people: society and service to communities
Founding friends: authority, institutions, and the economics of intentional community
Where God's friends walked: revered sites and ritual settings
Friends in our world
Literary dimensions: genre, function, and hermeneutics
Theological dimensions: hagiography, faith and controversy.
Conversation and asceticism on the road to sanctity
Dreams and visions, visitors and voices: God in touch with his friends
Miracles and marvels: God working through his friends
Mere mortals: friends and the human condition
Friends and their people: society and service to communities
Founding friends: authority, institutions, and the economics of intentional community
Where God's friends walked: revered sites and ritual settings
Friends in our world
Literary dimensions: genre, function, and hermeneutics
Theological dimensions: hagiography, faith and controversy.