Sainthood and race [electronic resource] : marked flesh, holy flesh / edited by Molly H. Bassett and Vincent W. Lloyd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.