The Heart of Relics: Catholic Relics, Affect, and the Heart of Brother Andre

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dc.contributor.advisorRobertson, Carmen
dc.contributor.advisorRamsay, Christine
dc.contributor.authorWood-Gagnon, Sarah Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeememberMudde, Anna
dc.contributor.committeememberFreddolini, Francesco
dc.contributor.externalexaminerPurnis, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-29T00:23:25Z
dc.date.available2020-08-29T00:23:25Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Regina. v, 83 p.en_US
dc.description.abstractCatholic relics elicit strong emotion and are thought to have healing powers; they are an important part of Catholic practice, yet their affect is not often explicitly explored. Arguing that relics are affective, or emotionally impactful, because they are part of a system that encourages intense emotional reactions through sensation and perception, this thesis examines the transmutability of Catholic relics and their emotional impact beyond religious doctrine using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework of affect, emotion and empathy. Locating Catholic practice within a twentieth-century Quebec context in the form of a case study, this investigation of affect is situated through events surrounding the display of the relic heart of Brother André in the 1970s as well as his larger healing ministry. Utilizing discourse and media analysis methods and set against the historical background of the body and physicality in Catholicism, an overview of the sensory and emotional history of relics, and the emotional attachment of the faithful to the saints, this thesis concludes that the positive affect generated by Catholic relics is transmissible to non-Catholics, as humans are susceptible to empathic contagion.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten
dc.description.peerreviewyesen
dc.identifier.tcnumberTC-SRU-9232
dc.identifier.thesisurlhttps://ourspace.uregina.ca/bitstream/handle/10294/9232/Wood-Gagnon_Sarah_MA_INTERDIS_Spring2020.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/9232
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Reginaen_US
dc.titleThe Heart of Relics: Catholic Relics, Affect, and the Heart of Brother Andreen_US
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentFaculty of Media, Art and Performanceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Reginaen
thesis.degree.levelMaster'sen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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