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Cover of A Short History of Celebrity by Fred Inglis.

A Short History of Celebrity

Review of A Short History of Celebrity, by Fred Inglis (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010)
… failure to reciprocate on camera the benevolence that Sarah bestowed upon him on Facebook; Bristol's future or lack … of intense familiarity with distance.  This is the "compound" that makes the celebrity sacred in modern society: … of the history of celebrity is engaging, but it does not always hold together well.  This is particularly true of his …
Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Mother of Rock and Roll

… disc jockey Alan Freed crowing “That’s Bill Haley and the Comets rockin’ and rollin’ you with ‘Shake, Rattle and … On March 20, 1915, one of the most influential, if largely forgotten, creators of rock and roll was born - Sister … music as not merely accompaniment for services but as a way to win souls for the Lord. Her later career would span …

Madame President: A History of the Women Who Ran before Hillary

… 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee for president of the United … to serve on noncombat international missions. Known for always wearing a red rose on her lapel, Smith became famous … denounces McCarthy, 1950 In what is considered one of the best political speeches of the twentieth century, Smith …
Women from Guadalupe photographed at Ellis Island on their way to Montreal to take on domestic positions, April 6th , 1911.

Black Canadians and Pandemics

… It is possible that in choosing to volunteer in the Black community, Francis was aware of its marginalization. Being … Women from Guadalupe photographed at Ellis Island on their way to Montreal to take on domestic positions, April 6th, … parents. The club members volunteered its members as visiting nurses and nurses’ aides. The CWCM also maintained …

Two Popes and a Primate: The Changing Face of Global Christianity

… early spring of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, … Shenouda’s death in part because officials had to find some way to include the numerous Copts outside Egypt in the …
Last Supper By Simon Ushakov, 1685

Reverence and Relics: The Holy Dead in the Pre-Modern Christian World

Review of Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation, by Robert Bartlett (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013)
… or are they polytheistic distractions that turn Christians away from the divine? The function of the holy dead remains … the cult of the saints and provided new models in the form of the holy abbot. Bartlett next moves into a … were an obvious denominational marker. “Part Two: Dynamics” comprises the bulk of the book. In chapters five through …
A Day in a Medieval City, by Chiara Frugoni Book Cover

A Day in a Medieval City

Review of A Day in a Medieval City, by Chiara Frugoni (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2007)
… The result is a descriptive account that, like a new visitor to a city, meanders as it explores one interesting … had written two short articles on urban life. Frugoni combined the two articles, included her own notes, and has … which range from the more typical subjects such as "Buying and Selling" and "The Marginalized and the Excluded" …
A photo of the Great Synagogue of Rome.

The Catholic Church and the Holocaust

… “Christianize” the Holocaust in order to play down Catholic complicity in Nazi atrocities. This controversy comes at a … Jews a priority of his papacy. He is the first pope to have visited one of the chief synagogues of Rome. Under his … even a generation ago, but it still occasionally acts in ways that reveal a certain insensitivity toward and lack of …