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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 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html