Do Saints have meaning in Modern Society

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Do Saints have meaning in Modern Society?
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Early Saints
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Who do we revere?
Shrine to Saint Jerome
Elvis
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Martyrs
Sylvia Plath
Lincoln
Joan of Arc
Jimi Hendrix
James Dean
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Saints Martyrs

• Dying for what cause?

Dietrich Boenheffer
One may not sing Holy, Holy, Holy with his
back turned to Auschwitz.
Its better to burn out than fade away
Saint Matthew
Rather be dead than cool
Let your light so shine before men That they
may see your good works.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and
  teacher.
• He condemned the Nazis when everyone else was
  afraid to.

(1906-1945)
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Steven Biko

• Steven Biko fought against one of the most
  oppressive and inhumane governments in the world.
• Steven Bikos death in a South African jail cell
  caught the attention of the international
  community.

1946-1977
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Joan of Arc
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The Media

• Medeival Illuminated Hagiographic text
• Foundation of Western Literature
• To Inspire action, imitation/ proto - propaganda

Modern mass media End of Literature? To
inspire what?
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The history of hero worship

Saint Diane
Diana, godess of the hunt
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