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 Safari Hat bodies of saints and celebrities are important loci for the transmission of sanctity or celebrity from a person to the public Other Holiday 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 to better apprehend the unfamiliar practices and beliefs around the cult of saints and relics.