Totalitarianism in the Postmodern Age

Piotr Mazurkiewicz is Professor in Political Science at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), Member of the Scientific Council at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science, and Editor-in-Chief of the Christianity–World–Politics Journal.Michał Gierycz is a political scientist, Associate Professor at the UKSW, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, and Deputy Editor of the Christianity–World–Politics Journal.Krzysztof Wielecki is Professor of Sociology at the UKSW, member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Science, and member of the International Association for Critical Realism, the Polish Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association and the Polish Philosophical Society.Mariusz Sulkowski (PhD) is a political scientist, Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science and Administration of the UKSW, and Secretary of the Editorial Board of the Christianity–World–Politics Journal. His research interests include Islam, European identity, multiculturalism, relations between religion and politics, the work of Eric Voegelin and totalitarianism.Marcin Zarzecki (PhD) is a sociologist, Head of the Numerical Methodsand Statistical Analyses Laboratory at the UKSW, and Head of the Department of Methodology and Sociological Analysis Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the UKSW. He has been awarded the first-grade LUMEN Leaders in University Management Prize by the Polish Rectors Foundation.

• AcknowledgementsContributorsIntroductionMiracle Collections in Their ContextsSari Katajala-Peltomaa, Jenni Kuuliala and Iona McCleery1 Writing Miracle CollectionsLouise Elizabeth Wilson2 Miracles in Monastic CultureEmilia Jamroziak3 The Canonization of Saints in the Middle AgesProcedure, Documentation, MeaningsRoberto Paciocco4 Practical MattersCanonization Records in the MakingSari Katajala-Peltomaa and Jenni Kuuliala5 Heretics, Hemorrhages, and HerringsMiracles and the Canonizations of Dominican SaintsDonald S. Prudlo6 Miracula and Exempla – A Complicated RelationshipJussi Hanska7 Rituals and Spaces of Devotion in Cistercian Everyday ReligionMarika Räsänen8 Pilgrimage as a Feature of MiraclesLeigh Ann Craig9 Physical Disability and Bodily DifferenceJenni Kuuliala10 Madness, Demonic Possession, and Methods of CategorizationSari Katajala-Peltomaa11 Death in a Birth ChamberBirth Attendants as Expert Witnesses in the Canonization Process of Bernardino of SienaJyrki Nissi12 Escaping Justice?The Politics of Liberation Miracles in Late Medieval PortugalIona McCleery13 Protection Miracles as Evidence for the Shifting Political Landscape of Fourteenth-Century ProvenceNicole Archambeau14 The Mobilization of ThoughtA Narratological Approach to Representations of Dream and Vision in Late Medieval Miracle Collections in the Low CountriesJonas Van Mulder15 Miracle Types and NarrativesThe Case of Saint Margaret of HungaryIldikó CsepregiSelected BibliographyIndex