K A R M E N M AC K E N D R I C K Fragmentation and Memory MEDITATI ONS ON C HRISTIAN DOC TRINE FRAGMENTATION AND MEMORY .................17008$ $$FM 07-21-0814:30:13 PS PAGEi .................17008$ $$FM 07-21-0814:30:13 PS PAGEii KARMEN MACKENDRICK Fragmentation and Memory MEDITATIONS ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS New York ◆ 2008 .................17008$ $$FM 07-21-0814:30:14 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:2)2008FordhamUniversityPress All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical,photocopy,recording,oranyother—exceptforbriefquotationsin printedreviews,withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData MacKendrick,Karmen,1962– Fragmentationandmemory:meditationsonChristiandoctrine/Karmen MacKendrick. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-8232-2949-9(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN978-0-8232-2950-5 (pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Baltimorecatechism. 2.CatholicChurch— Doctrines. I.Title. BX1968.M315 2008 230(cid:2).2—dc22 2008022288 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 Firstedition .................17008$ $$FM 07-21-0814:30:14 PS PAGEiv FOR ALAN, WHO ALWAYS REMEMBERS .................17008$ $$FM 07-21-0814:30:14 PS PAGEv .................17008$ $$FM 07-21-0814:30:14 PS PAGEvi CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction:OnHavingForgotten 1 1. TheOneandtheMany 9 2. TheSinofOrigin 32 3. FromTraumatoRevelation:Forgiveness 55 4. PoppiesandRosemary:Love 84 5. DismemberedDivinity:Saints’Relics 106 6. EternalFlesh:TheResurrectionoftheBody 132 Afterword:OnReturningtoMemory 149 Notes 153 WorksCited 179 Index 189 vii .................17008$ CNTS 07-21-0814:30:30 PS PAGEvii .................17008$ CNTS 07-21-0814:30:31 PS PAGEviii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I t is a source of recurrent pleasure and occasional surprise to me that somanysmartandinterestingpeoplearesowillingtobeengagedin myprojects.Theyhavemadethisbookmuchbetterthanitwouldhave beenwithoutthem—thougheventhatistomakethedoubtableassump- tionthatitwouldhavebeenpossibleatall. Among those who listened and gave me feedback throughout the process, I owe particular thanks to a few. I have been thinking together with Bruce Milem and Virginia Burrus, though in different ways and oftenondifferentmatters,forsolongthatIhaveundoubtedlybegun to credit myself with ideas and insights that were originally theirs. I hope that I haven’t done so too egregiously here, and I thank them for their sheer smarts and their continued generosity. My friend and former col- league Jennifer Glancy has likewise been exemplarily generous and pre- ciseinherthinking,bothtomybenefit. Helpful conversations with Elliot Wolfson provided both essential insights and valuable references. Catherine Keller was helpful in her enthusiasmandherquestions,particularlyabouttheforgivenesschapter. I am grateful to James Dahlinger, S.J., both for his knowledge of Catholic doctrineandforthequietdiscretionwithwhich,I nonetheless suspect, he concerns himself with the well-being of my soul. Jim, Vir- ginia,andBrucewereamongthefriendswhohelpfullyaccompaniedme on the exploratory relics trips central to Chapter 5. On others, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves,JamesDigiovanna,ColetteCopeland,andBorisBelay were both helpful and pleasant companions. Among the wider circle of friends less immediately involved in this particular text, I owe particular ix .................17008$ $ACK 07-21-0814:30:36 PS PAGEix