Politics: National and Transnational
by Peter Cajka In his conclusion to this week’s series, Dr. Pete Cajka compares the political implications of each site’s displays, focusing on the ways both sites critique secularization of local, national, and transnational cultures. V: Politics:...Bodies of the Bible, Bodies of the Saints
by Peter Cajka In today’s post, Dr. Pete Cajka continues his series on the Creation Museum and Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics. While yesterday’s post explored how visitors at each site read artifacts and relics with the religious imagination of...Reading Holy Objects
by Peter Cakja Today’s post continues Dr. Pete Cajka’s series on religious imaginations and the design of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY and the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics in Maria Stein, OH. In this third installation, Pete addresses...The Biblical Imagination and the Presence of the Saints
by Peter Cajka Today we feature the second in a five-part series by our colleague, Dr. Pete Cajka. Dr. Cajka’s previous post introduced readers to his extended analysis comparing the Creation Museum and the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics. Below, Pete...A Tale of Two Sites: The Creation Museum and Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics
by Peter Cajka This week we are featuring a series of posts by our colleague Dr. Pete Cajka, Postdoctoral Research Associate the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame. He is an intellectual and cultural historian of the...Connect with:
