{"id":8054,"date":"2012-06-12T21:41:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T01:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=8054"},"modified":"2012-06-12T21:41:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T01:41:18","slug":"superhero-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/06\/superhero-saints.html","title":{"rendered":"Superhero Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019ve been meaning to blog about this since it first turned up on Matthew Paul Turner\u2019s blog<\/a> (subsequently getting mentioned at IO9<\/a> and Greenflame<\/a>). Superheroes are regularly situated at the intersection of religion and science fiction \u2013 see Steve Wiggins\u2019 recent post on Alien Deities as one example<\/a> \u2013 but not always quite as blatantly religiously as this.<\/p>\n

Artist Igor Scalisi Palminteri\u00a0turned statues of religious figures into statues of superheroes. Click through to see the series, Hagiographies, on Palminteri\u2019s Facebook page<\/a> or via the links above<\/a>. Below is just one sample. Do come back after you\u2019ve seen more<\/a>, and leave a comment to say whether you regard them as super, sacrilegious, both, or something else \u2013 and which of them you like best!<\/p>\n

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On a related note, what do you think the Church of Batmanism would say about them? Take a look at this video of a street preacher in England sharing his faith\u2026and actually making some converts!<\/p>\n