{"product_id":"saint-george-liberator-hagiography-as-resistance-in-the-modern-mediterranean-hardback-9781531512057","title":"Saint George Liberator; Hagiography As Resistance in the Modern Mediterranean (Hardback) 9781531512057","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSaint George Liberator\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHagiography As Resistance in the Modern Mediterranean\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAaron T. Hollander (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531512057\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages, 74 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSaint George Liberator\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly imaginative study of popular hagiography and spiritual resistance in Cyprus. Hollander deftly works at the intersection of aesthetics, ethics, and politics to reveal how St. George remains vital in a conflict-ridden zone of memory.\" - Angie Heo, University of Chicago \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSaint George Liberator\u003c\/i\u003e is a fabulous narrative and study of Christian hagiography and how to understand, read, and interpret the multivalent layers of lived religion. By documenting contemporary Cypriot interlocutors in their relationship with the early Christian martyr, Saint George, Hollander has written a book that interweaves political history, hagiographic methodology, and religious identity with an insightful ecumenical flavor.\" - James C. Skedros, author of \u003ci\u003eSt. Demetrios of Thessaloniki: Civic Patron and Divine Protector\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking investigation of how representations of Orthodox Christian saints serve as means of resistance amid cultural and political domination \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, repeatedly conquered and colonized, Orthodox Christians have long struggled for political self-determination, agricultural sustainability, and spiri­tual wholeness. \u003ci\u003eSaint George Liberator \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates the intimate interplay of Christian theology and Mediterranean politics through the lens of St. George: the martyred soldier of pre-Constantinian Christianity, the liberator of captives and protector of the downtrodden, the dragonslayer of medieval legend. A saint beloved by Christians and Muslims alike, St. George’s representations across many different media are upheld as means of resistance and hope in contexts of domina­tion and suffering. The book offers a profound and original reading of Orthodox hagiography, demonstrating how hagiography is not only an art form of historical significance but also a vibrant, living theology of liberation amid struggles to be whole and free. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint George Liberator \u003c\/i\u003eis interdisciplinary in its methodology and scope, deepening its vivid ethnographic narration through conversation with sociological theory and the historical theology that has shaped Orthodox Christian society and consciousness over the course of centuries. Enmeshed in the multicultural complexity of the Ottoman and British Empires, modern Cyprus offers a case study of how colonized and colonizing populations may turn to the same religious repertoires for understanding themselves and one another, telling opposing stories with shared symbols and claiming the means of interpretation as a path of cultural resistance. As a case study in interreligious imagination and the political power of vernacular theology, the book speaks of psychosocial dynamics that far exceed their enactment in Cyprus. It shows that Christian saints, mediated diversely in material and intellectual culture, may not only propose magnetic alternatives to the world as it is but also directly aid in forming Christian publics for liberative politics in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003e  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylistic Note\u003c\/i\u003e   xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/i\u003e   xv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMap of Cyprus\u003c\/i\u003e   xviii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Beautiful Struggle   1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e Lives and Afterlives of Saint George   28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAINT GEORGE SWIFTHELPER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e Deliverance for the Desperate   65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eBorder Crosser and Border Keeper   101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAINT GEORGE GREATMARTYR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. \u003c\/b\u003eMimetic Suffering and Reverberating Glory   137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Martyred Island   177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAINT GEORGE DRAGONSLAYER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Land, the State, and the Threat of Monsters   223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Dragon Within   266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: \u003c\/b\u003eOrthodox Identities and the Ecumenics of Liberation   303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e   425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  449\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716891865368,"sku":"9781531512057","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/saint-george-liberator-hagiography-as-resistance-in-the-modern-mediterranean-hardback-9781531512057","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}