Saints and Celebrities

Saints and Celebrities

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This article offers a pedagogical approach to introducing undergraduate students to hagiology by comparing medieval sanctity to modern celebrity.The bodies of saints and celebrities are important loci for the transmission of sanctity berness white sneakers or celebrity from a person to the public and for the continuity of identity.Examples include St.Faith, St.

Cuthbert, Kim Kardashian, and Marilyn Monroe.Using a comparative method allows students who are non-religious sww x to better apprehend the unfamiliar practices and beliefs around the cult of saints and relics.