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Author Bennett, Jeffrey S.

Title When the sun danced : myth, miracles, and modernity in early twentieth-century Portugal / Jeffrey S. Bennett.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Studies in religion and culture
Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Signs of the times -- Revolutionary republicanism -- A modern miracle -- Reenvisioning mary -- Time and the signs.
Summary Between May and October of 1917, three young shepherds were reportedly visited six times by an apparition of the Virgin Mary near the town of Fátima in Portugal. At the final apparition event, approximately 70,000 visitors gathered to witness a prophesied miracle intended to convince the public that the children's visions were of divine origin. The miracle took the form of a solar anomaly; witnesses claimed that the sun began to "dance." Exploring the early development of the cult of the Virgin of Fátima and the overthrow of the liberal, secular government by pro-Catholic elements, Jeffrey Bennett offers the first book-length scholarly study of the cult's relationship to the rise of authoritarian politics in Portugal. When the Sun Danced offers a fascinating look at the cultural dynamics that informed one of the most turbulent periods in the nation's history--Publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Catholic Church -- Portugal -- History -- 20th century.
Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century.
Catholic Church.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject History.
Église catholique -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Fatima, Our Lady of -- History.
Fatima, Our Lady of.
Religion and politics -- Portugal -- Fátima.
Religion and politics.
Portugal -- Fátima.
Fátima (Portugal) -- Religious life and customs.
Portugal -- Church history -- 20th century.
Church history.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Mariology.
Portugal.
RELIGION -- Philosophy.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Bennett, Jeffrey S. When the sun danced. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011034350
ISBN 9780813932507 (electronic book)
0813932505 (electronic book)
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9781280678202
0813932483
0813932491
9780813932484
9780813932491
9786613655134
6613655139