Sainthood and race  marked flesh, holy flesh /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Molly H. Bassett and Vincent W. Lloyd. 
 - 1st [ed.]. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2015. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 222 p.) :  ill. 
 - Routledge studies in religion ;  39 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. An African saint in medieval Europe : the Black Saint Maurice and the enigma of racial sanctity / Geraldine Heng -- 2. The threefold man : lavater, physiognomy, and the rise of the western icon / Brian Bantum -- 3. The recanonization of Saint Cyprian : a deep history of black religion and racialism / Jared Hickman -- 4. The interspecies logic of race in colonial Peru : San Martin de Porres's animal brotherhood / Chris Garces -- 5. Cuba's virgin of charity : sanctity, Caribbean Creolization, and the color continuum / Jalane Schmidt -- 6. Saffron saint of the most spiritual race : Sundar Singh and the Western Oriental Christ -- Timothy Dobe -- 7. Racialized crossings : coptic Orthodoxy and global Christianities / Angie Heo -- 8. The "desolated center" : baby suggs, holy, in Toni Morrison's Beloved / Pamela M. Hall -- 9. The post-racial saint? From Barack Obama to Paul of Tarsus / Vincent W. Lloyd -- 10. The pre-racial saint? Ma(r)king Aztec God-bodies / Molly H. Bassett. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781315815824 (ebook : PDF) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian saints.<br/>Race--Religious aspects.<br/>Race.<br/>Saints.