Rag and Bone
MAY 4, 2009 MONDAY AT 3PM CT

 
 
The impulse to preserve the relics of prophets and saints has been with us since Buddha lost his baby teeth and John the Baptist lost his head. Peter Manseau went on a quest to discover the world's holy dead and learned a lot about the making of religious meaning along the way.

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  • Peter Manseau, author of Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World's Holy Dead
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