Pocket Guide to Sainthood: The Field Manual for the Super-Virtuous Life

Using his trademark humor, sarcasm, and slight dose of irreverence to entertain and educate readers on the complex issue of Sainthood, author Jason Boyett uncovers the fascinating and fascinatingly weird lives of saints in his newly released POCKET GUIDE TO SAINTHOOD: A Field Manual for the Super-Virtuous Life (Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint; August 2009; $12.95 / Paper; ISBN: 978-0-470-37310-1).

Designed to painlessly tackle complex religious topics in a succinct format, POCKET TO SAINTHOOD provides a brief and clever look into the plights, sermons, and causes that inspired the unusual histories of saints. Quirky content includes:

- How St. Anthony got his reputation for finding things
- Who’s the patron saint of alcoholics, business people, and skiers
- The canonization process step-by-step and the least likely candidate for it

Perfect for gifts, small group studies, or personal enjoyment, POCKET GUIDE TO SAINTHOOD, along with the other newly released titles in the series – Pocket Guide to the Afterlife and Pocket Guide to the Bible, is small in size, hip in design, and cleverly illustrated. Whether you are a Catholic desperately needing a patron, or a Protestant trying to identify your cabbie’s bobblehead, this book may be as close as you ever come to true holiness.