The making of saints : contesting sacred ground / edited by James F. Hopgood.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-211) and index.

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.

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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