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Sacred tracks : 2000 years of Christian pilgrimage / James Harpur.

Van Pelt Library BV5067 .H37 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Harpur, James.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
History.
Physical Description:
191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
Summary:
Ever since the Magi trekked from the East to witness the birth of Jesus, pilgrims have undertaken long and often dangerous journeys to seek out holy Christian places. "Sacred Tracks" tells the 2,000-year-old story of Christian pilgrimage and the saints and pilgrims, shrines and cathedrals, relics and practices of a tradition that is still flourishing today. 63 color illustrations.
Contents:
Early Paths
Beginnings 16
The Age of Constantine 24
Dark Age Journeys 34
Decline and Revival 48
Medieval Roads
The New Millennium 58
Pilgrimage and the Afterlife 62
On the Road 73
Rome 90
Santiago de Compostela 99
Canterbury 107
Jerusalem and the Holy Land 115
Changing Attitudes 122
Modern Ways
From Reformation to Romanticism 130
Lourdes 142
Knock 148
Croagh Patrick 155
Fatima 158
Walsingham 164
Iona 169
Taize 175
Gazetteer 182
Chimayo (United States)
Czestochowa (Poland)
Garabandal (Spain)
Lough Derg (Ireland)
Medjugorje (Bosnia)
Our Lady of Guadelupe (Mexico)
Sainte Anne de Beaupre, Canada.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0520233956
OCLC:
50285227

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