TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett,Jeffrey S.
TI  - When the sun danced: myth, miracles, and modernity in early twentieth-century Portugal 
T2  - Studies in religion and culture
SN  - 9780813932507
AV  - BT660.F3 B36 2012eb
U1  - 232.91/70946945 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Charlottesville
PB  - University of Virginia Press
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Portugal
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Fatima, Our Lady of
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Fátima
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Mariology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Fátima (Portugal)
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Church history
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Signs of the times -- Revolutionary republicanism -- A modern miracle -- Reenvisioning mary -- Time and the signs
N2  - 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
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