Pilgrimage in the Marketplace

by Ian Reader

Book Overview

The study of pilgrimage often centres itself around miracles and spontaneous populist activities. While some of these activities and stories may play an important role in the emergence of potential pilgrimage sites and in helping create wider interest in them, this book demonstrates that the dynamics of the marketplace, including marketing and promotional activities by priests and secular interest groups, create the very consumerist markets through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138647764
• ISBN13: 9781138647763
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"