medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 2:31 am, Marjorie Greene wrote:
> Jim, When I taught pilgrimage, I used Graceland and asked students to
> imagine what would happen if certain fans could manage to get their
> hands on Elvis' big toe bone. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Those fans might have considered a bone of Elvis to be a great prize. But surely they would not have considered it to be either wonder-working or salvific. In terms of mentalities, that's a rather large difference.
Best,
John Dillon
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