How Long to Read A Saint of Our Own

How Long Does it Take to Read A Saint of Our Own?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read A Saint of Our Own by Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

What drove U.S. Catholics in their arduous quest, full of twists and turns over more than a century, to win an American saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints had left many of the faithful feeling spiritually unmoored. But while canonization may be fundamentally about holiness, it is never only about holiness, reveals Kathleen Sprows Cummings in this panoramic, passionate chronicle of American sanctity. Catholics had another reason for petitioning the Vatican to acknowledge an American holy hero. A home-grown saint would serve as a mediator between heaven and earth, yes, but also between Catholicism and American culture. Throughout much of U.S. history, the making of a saint was also about the ways in which the members of a minority religious group defined, defended, and celebrated their identities as Americans. Their fascinatingly diverse causes for canonization—from Kateri Tekakwitha and Elizabeth Ann Seton to many others that are failed, forgotten, or still under way—represented evolving national values as Catholics made themselves at home. Cummings's vision of American sanctity shows just how much Catholics had at stake in cultivating devotion to men and women perched at the nexus of holiness and American history—until they finally felt little need to prove that they belonged.

How long is A Saint of Our Own?

A Saint of Our Own by Kathleen Sprows Cummings is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Saint of Our Own Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read A Saint of Our Own aloud.

What Reading Level is A Saint of Our Own?

A Saint of Our Own is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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