Saints et héros: Vies parallèles et psychologies spécifiques
(2006) Revue théologique de Louvain — Vol. 37, n° 3, p. 313-341 (2006)
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- (en) The saint and the hero are more than simply two versions of the same model that would have been adapted in terms of the domain of reference (the city or the community of believers). Making use among others from recent studies in the psychology of heroism and the psychology of religion, the article examines similarities and divergences between the saint and the hero considered as two anthropological figures with underlying specific psychologies. These figures share of course similar structures and reinforce each other (for example the heroism of the saint and the sanctity of the hero). However, the specific links that each model has with a series of realities (in particular, the insertion of action in time, the integration of various qualities across different dimensions of life, the effective reality and amplitude of altruism, the place given to glory and humility, masculinity and the force of attraction) require us to consider both models as distinct, and sometimes even, to some extent, as being worlds apart.
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Saroglou, V. (2006). Saints et héros: Vies parallèles et psychologies spécifiques. Revue théologique de Louvain, 37(3), 313-341. https://doi.org/10.2143/RTL.37.3.2018929 (Original work published 2006)