Questions for Thank you St. Jude
Preface
- Describe Orsi's sources and their limitations.
Acknowledgements
- What do you make of Orsi's comment on xxi, "But what's belief got to
do with it."
Chapter 1
- What do you make of the story of the switched statues? (7-9)
- Describe the conflicts over the meanings and names of the shrine. (23-25)
What does this tell you about how "concepts" and the "imagination"
can work in religious devotion?
- Describe the postconciliar changes that were made to the shrine. (35-ish)
How'd they go over? Why?
Chapter 2
- Describe the four aspects which make up Orsi's conception of the "social
history of hopelessness."
Chapter 3
- Describe the characteristics of the "ideal Catholic woman" that
is portrayed in the Catholic Family romances to which Orsi refers.
- Why does Orsi conclude that devotion to St. Jude is of particular interest
to women? (towards end of chapter)
Chapter 4
- How do women imagine St. Jude?
- What are his characteritics?
- How do these characteristics help women?