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992422
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b746792
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| Title & Author
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The making of saints : : contesting sacred ground /\ edited by James F. Hopgood.
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xxi, 228 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0817380884
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0817314555
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0817351795
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9780817314552
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9780817351793
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-211) and index.
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| Contents
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Saints and near-saints in transition : the sacred, the secular, and the popular / June Macklin -- The making of saints and the vicissitudes of charisma in Netivot, Israel / Yoram Bilu -- Presence of the king : the vitality of the image of King Chulalongkorn for modern urban Thailand / Irene Stengs -- Evita : a case of political canonization / Roberto Bosca -- Desperately seeking something : Che Guevara as secular saint / Phyllis Passariello -- Teresa Urrea, Santa de Cabora, and early Chicana? : the politics of representation, identity, and social memory / Gillian E. Newell -- Spirits of a holy land : place and time in a modern Mexican religious movement / William Breen Murray -- Saints and stars : sainthood for the 21st century / James F. Hopgood -- I quit my job for a funeral : the mourning and empowering of a Japanese rock star / Carolyn S. Stevens -- Popular culture canonization : Elvis Presley as saint and savior / Erika Doss -- Saints and health : a micro-macro interaction perspective / Walter Randolph Adams.
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| Abstract
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This text investigates a number of religious leaders, healers, folk saints, and popular icons; seeking to identify their commonalities and discover how they speak to the same inner yearnings of human beings for gods and heroes.
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Saints.
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Saints.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Heiliger
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Heiligkeit
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Saints.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Heiliger.
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Heiligen.
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Interculturele vergelijking.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4
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| LC Classification
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BL488.M35 2005eb
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71.50bcl
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| Added Entry
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Hopgood, James F.
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