| Reframing Pilgrimage: Cultures in Motion Contributor(s): Coleman, Simon (Editor), Eade, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415303540 ISBN-13: 9780415303545 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: "Reframing Pilgrimage" argues that sacred travel is just one of the 21st 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 recognized as a highly creative and politically charged force intimately bound up in economic and cultural systems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Reference - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 203.51 |
| LCCN: 2003024747 |
| Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.56" W x 8.76" (0.87 lbs) 224 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |