In a richly layered and beautifully illustrated narrative, Raymond Jonas tells the fascinating and surprisingly little-known story of the Sacre-Coeur, or Sacred Heart. The highest point in Paris and a celebrated tourist destination, the white-domed basilica of Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre is a key monument both to French Catholicism and to French national identity. Jonas masterfully reconstructs the history of the devotion responsible for the basilica, beginning with the apparition of the Sacred Heart to Marguerite Marie Alacoque in the seventeenth century, through the French Revolution and its...
In a richly layered and beautifully illustrated narrative, Raymond Jonas tells the fascinating and surprisingly little-known story of the Sacre-Coeur,...
"This is an exceptionally moving story of the French people during World War I. Raymond Jonas describes the visions of a young peasant woman and the ways in which they catapulted her to local and then national fame. The story is so well told it is almost impossible to put down, and one is amazed at the combination of narrative power and scholarship. A deep pleasure to read"--Bonnie G. Smith, author of "The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice"This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of spirituality and religion in the modern world. It is especially fine...
"This is an exceptionally moving story of the French people during World War I. Raymond Jonas describes the visions of a young peasant woman and the w...
