Redefining Pilgrimage : New Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Pilgrimages (Compostela International Studies in Pilgrimage History and Culture)

Pazos, Antón M. (EDT)

Routledge（2018/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 198 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138546219
• DDC分類 203.51

Full Description

Exploring what does and what does not constitute pilgrimage, Redefining Pilgrimage draws together a wide variety of disciplines including politics, anthropology, history, religion and sociology. Leading contributors offer a broad range of case studies from a wide geographical area, exploring new ways of approaching pilgrimage beyond the classical religious model. Re-thinking the global phenomenon of pilgrimages in the 21st century, this book offers new perspectives to redefine pilgrimage.

Contents

Introduction Antón M. Pazos 1 Conventional and Unconventional Pilgrimages: Conceptualizing Sacred Travel in the Twenty-First Century Ellen Badone 2 Old Pilgrimages, New Meanings; New Pilgrimages, Old Forms: From the Ganges to Graceland David M. Gitlitz 3 Pilgrimage and the American Myth George Greenia 4 Heaven on Earth: Political Pilgrimages and the Pursuit of Meaning and Self-Transcendence Paul Hollander 5 Israeli Youth Voyages to Holocaust Poland: Through the Prism of Pilgrimage Jackie Feldman 6 The Pilgrimage to the Hill of Crosses: Devotional Practices and Identities Darius Liutikas and Alfonsas Motuzas 7 The Saint and His Cat: Localization of Religious Charisma in Contemporary Russian Orthodox Pilgrimages Jeanne Kormina 8 Walking to Mother Teresa's Grave Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC 9 Reformulations of the Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela Linda Kay Davidson