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An historical introduction to the field of Christian hagiography. Topics include interpretive method, martyrdom and sanctity, sanctity and monasticism, shrines and pilgrimage, gender and sanctity, relics and veneration, canonization and the politics of sanctity. Significant attention given to parallels in other world religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism, and some to sanctity in modern America and to the making of saints today.
Offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1411.
