| Pilgrimage as Transformative Process: The Movement from Fractured to Integrated Contributor(s): A. Warfield, Heather (Editor), Hetherington, Kate (Editor) |
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ISBN: 900437339X ISBN-13: 9789004373396 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $70.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Series: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9.2" (0.52 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The construct of transformation has emerged as a prominent theme in academic discourse. Based on the accepted notion that processes and living organisms are in an ongoing state of development, it is unsurprising that this concept of transformation would find resonance within literature on the pilgrimage phenomenon. Examples of transformational processes intersecting with pilgrimage are the movement from sickness to wellness, from grief to closure and from fractured to integrated. That the pilgrimage journey itself can be construed as a transformational quest was noted by Winkleman and Dubisch (2005), who stated "Life-transforming experiences are at the core of both 'traditional' and more contemporary forms of pilgrimage". In the current volume, Warfield and Hetherington examine the transformational process of pilgrimage journeys. Contributors are Sharenda Holland Barlar, Anne M. Blankenship, Valentina Bold, Shirley du Plooy, Alexandria M. Egler, Miguel Tain Guzman, Kate Hetherington, Scott Libson, Chadwick Co Sy Su, Kip Redick, Roy Tamashiro and Heather A. Warfield. |
