Powers of pilgrimage : religion in a world of movement / Simon Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Simon, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Voyages and travels.

Physical Description:

335 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book offers a new theoretical framework for exploring contemporary pilgrimage, exploring examples ranging from the Hajj to the Camino, and arguing that pilgrimage activity should be understood not solely as going to, staying at, and leaving a sacred place, but also as occurring in apparently mundane or domestic times, places, and practices"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I FRAMES

1. Pilgrimage: Beyond Definition

2. Constructing the Field: More Than Shrines

pt. II TROPES

3. A Trope Made to Travel: Communitas

4. Frictional Energies: Contestation

5. The Center Cannot Hold: Camino

pt. III ARTICULATIONS

6. Pilgrimage Penumbras: From the Liminal to the Lateral

7. Telling Tales: Verbal Performances and Pilgrimage Presences

8. Enclaving and Entraining: Economies of Mobility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814717288

0814717284

9781479811946

1479811947

OCLC:

1243908873

Publisher Number:

99989605931