Reviews for Consuming Visions: Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine

The average rating for Consuming Visions: Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-14 00:00:00 Kathryn Cole Heavily influenced by Cultural Studies theorists, Kaufman is interested in how new technologies, media, and marketing shaped pilgrim's experiences of the shrine. "Commercialization," she writes, "was central to the development of the Lourdes pilgrimage site, to its success as an expression of popular religious faith, and to the century of tumultuous debate over worship at the shrine." Kaufman focuses on the trains that took people to Lourdes, the postcards and trinkets they bought there, and the photos that they took home of their time at the shrine. See my full review here:

Review # 2 was written on 2016-03-13 00:00:00 Paul Puccio This was one of the best parenting books I have read. Not a "how to" guide for producing perfect children but a nitty gritty examination of how God equips imperfect parents to raise imperfect children. It is honest, encouraging, helpful and hopeful.