ABSTRACT

How is Christianity a global religion? Where does one go to specify its culturally diverse features? One avenue to explore, as this volume on “the racial saint” prompts us to do, is cults of divine sainthood. Popular patron saints—such as the Virgin Mary, St. Mark, and St. George—disseminate throughout denominational filiations and geographic regions via varied depictions and media. At times, comparisons in their representational styles can offer some helpful glimpses into the transregional crossings that lend them their current form.