Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index.

The saint as exemplar in late antiquity / Peter Brown -- A theater o f virtue : the exemplary world of St. Francis of Assisi / Hester Gooden ough Gelber -- Prophet and saint : the two exemplars of Islam / William M. Brinner -- Morality beyond morality in the lives of three Hindu sai nts / John Stratton Hawley -- the Confucian sage / Tu Wei-ming -- Saint hood on the periphery : the case of Judaism / Robert L. Cohn -- The Bud dhist arahant / Stanley J. Tambiah -- Saints and virtue in African Isla m / Lamin Sanneh -- Alourdes : a case study of moral leadership in Hati an Vodou / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Sathya Sai Baba's saintly play / Law rence A. Babb -- Saint Gandhi / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Conclusion : afte r sainthood? / John A. Coleman.