Reframing Pilgrimage: Cultures in Motion

by Simon Coleman

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415303540
• ISBN13: 9780415303545
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.8"