Redefining Pilgrimage: New Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Pilgrimages [Paperback]

Exploring what does and what does not constitute pilgrimage, Redefining Pilgrimage draws together a wide variety of disciplines including politics, anthropology, history, religion and sociology. Leading contributors offer a broad range of case studies from a wide geographical area, exploring new ways of approaching pilgrimage beyond the classical religious model. Re-thinking the global phenomenon of pilgrimages in the 21st century, this book offers new perspectives to redefine pilgrimage.

Introduction Ant?n M. Pazos  1 Conventional and Unconventional Pilgrimages: Conceptualizing Sacred Travel in the Twenty-First Century Ellen Badone  2 Old Pilgrimages, New Meanings; New Pilgrimages, Old Forms: From the Ganges to Graceland David M. Gitlitz  3 Pilgrimage and the American Myth George Greenia  4 Heaven on Earth: Political Pilgrimages and the Pursuit of Meaning and Self-Transcendence Paul Hollander  5 Israeli Youth Voyages to Holocaust Poland: Through the Prism of Pilgrimage Jackie Feldman  6 The Pilgrimage to the Hill of Crosses: Devotional Practices and Identities Darius Liutikas and Alfonsas Motuzas  7 The Saint and His Cat: Localization of Religious Charisma in Contemporary Russian Orthodox Pilgrimages Jeanne Kormina  8 Walking to Mother Teresas Grave Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC  9 Reformulations of the Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela Linda Kay Davidson

Exploring what does and what does not constitute pilgrimage, Redefining Pilgrimage draws together a wide variety of disciplines including politics, anthropology, history, religion and sociology. Leading contributors offer a broad range of case studies from a wide geographical area, exploring new ways of approaching pilgrimage beyl“+