{"product_id":"exemplary-life-9781487542931","title":"Exemplary Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on over five years of ethnographic fieldwork in Syria, \u003ci\u003eExemplary Life\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the life of a Damascus woman, Myrna Nazzour, who serves as an aspirational figure in her community. Myrna is regarded by her followers as an exemplary figure, a living saint, and the messages, apparitions, stigmata, and oil that have marked Myrna since 1982 have corroborated her status as chosen by God.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExemplary Life\u003c\/i\u003e probes the power of examples, the modelling of sainthood around Myrna’s figure, and the broader context for Syrian Christians in the changing landscape of the Middle East. The book highlights the social use of examples such as the ones inhabited by Myrna’s devout followers and how they reveal the broader structures of illustration, evidence, and persuasion in social and cultural settings. Andreas Bandak argues that the role of the example should incite us to investigate which trains of thought set local worlds in motion. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eExemplary Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue Acknowledgments Introduction: Modelling Sainthood in Christian Syria 1. Closer to Mary 2. Repeated Prayers 3. Exemplary Series 4. Life and Story 5. Signs and Evidence 6. Prophecies of Unity 7. Damascus Speaking Conclusion Epilogue References Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409162674519,"sku":"9781487542931","price":44.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487542931.jpg?v=1730505701","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exemplary-life-9781487542931","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}