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Reframing Pilgrimage

Cultures in Motion

John Eade editor Simon Coleman editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Apr '04

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Reframing Pilgrimage argues that sacred travel is just one of the twenty-first century's many forms of cultural mobility. The contributors consider the meanings of pilgrimage in Christian, Mormon, Hindu, Islamic and Sufi traditions, as well as in secular contexts, and they create a new theory of pilgrimage as a form of voluntary displacement. This voluntary displacement helps to constitute cultural meaning in a world constantly 'en route'. Pilgrimage, which works both on global economic and individual levels, is recognised as a highly creative and politically charged force intimately bound up in economic and cultural systems

'The coverage is broad, stretching far beyond previous concepts of pilgrimage as a religious or "sacred" event ...' - Anthropological Forum 15

ISBN: 9780415303552

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 410g

212 pages