Relics in Antiquity and the Middle Ages is a six-week course starting on July 23rd, with live sessions on Thursdays from 1:00–2:30 pm Eastern Time (Toronto/New York).

Taught by Kent Navalesi, this course examines sacred objects in the pre-modern Mediterranean world, with a focus on the Christian veneration of relics. Through primary sources and modern scholarship, learn the various ways people understood these objects’ power and histories.

Weekly Sessions are on:

• Week 1: Relics Before Relics: Sacred Objects in Ancient Judaism and Greco-Roman Paganism
• Week 2: “Bones and Skulls of Criminals”?: The Late Antique Discourse on Relics
• Week 3: A World of Miracles
• Week 4: Inventio: Discovering Relics
• Week 5: Translatio: Moving the Saints
• Week 6: Criticizing Relics

To learn more and sign up, please visit our Thinkific page