On the journey to sainthood: Father Damien and the presentation of missionary work in nineteenth-century Hawai’i in a Belgian museum
Father Damien was a Roman Catholic missionary who lived in Hawai‘i amongst people with leprosy, currently known as Hansen’s disease. He eventually contracted the disease himself and, after his death in 1889, was transformed into the martyred icon (later saint) of Moloka‘i. This paper explores the ro...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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Material religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-33 |
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Damien Museum
B Hawai‘i B Beatification B Father Damien B Hansen’s disease |
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