5. Public Wager: Publicity and the Truth of the Cure

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction. Religious and Modern: Pilgrimage to Lourdes 1
5. 1. Remaking Lourdes: Catholic Pilgrimage as Modern Spectacle 16
6. 2. Commercialized Pilgrimage and Religious Debasement 62
7. 3. Scientific Sensationalism and the Miracle Cure 95
8. 4. Female Pilgrims and Spiritual Authority 135
9. 5. Public Wager: Publicity and the Truth of the Cure 162
10. Epilogue. Politics and Mass Culture: Representing Lourdes in the Twentieth Century 194
11. Acknowledgments 203
12. Notes 207
13. Bibliography 235
14. Index 247