Overview

From the Great Panathenaea of ancient Greece to the ""hajj"", people of all nationalities have made sacred journeys to confirm their faith and their part in a larger identity. This text provides a guide to the varied cultural territory such pilgrimages have covered across the ages. It explores the phenomenon and the experience of pilgrimage through an interdisciplinary approach, which uses history, religion, sociology, anthropology and art history to illustrate the range of sacred travel and map the cultural imagination.

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Author:   Simon Coleman (Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Durham) ,  John Elsner (Lecturer in Classical and Early Christian Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London)
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   Harvard University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780674667662

ISBN 10:   0674667662
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 September 1997
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Landscapes Surveyed Piety And Identity: Sacred Travel In The Classical World Picture Section I Viewer and Viewed: Images and Idols Exile And Return: Jewish Pilgrimage Picture Section II The Sacred Site: Contestation and Co-operation The Centre In The Desert: Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca Picture Section III Images of the Orient The Gospels Embodied: Christian Pilgrimage To The Holy Land Picture Section IV Containers of the Sacred Geographies Of Sainthood: Christian Pilgrimage From The Middle Ages To The Present Day Picture Section V Living Saints Divinity Diffused: Pilgrimage In The Indian Religions Picture Section VI Mapping the Sacred Translating The Sacred: Patterns Of Pilgrimage In The Buddhist World Epilogue: Landscapes Reviewed Notes and Bibliographies Illustration Acknowledgements Index

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In tracing sacred travels from fifth-century B.C.E. Greece to the Holy Land in the late twentieth century and from monotheistic traditions to those of Indian religions and the Buddhist world, Simon Coleman and John Elsner propose a novel journey of the mind. -- Julia Clancy-Smith American Historical Review

Author Information

Simon Coleman is Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Durham. John Elsner is a Lecturer in Classical and Early Christian Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.

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