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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Simon, 1963- author.

Series:

NYU scholarship online.

NYU scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Pious processions. Sites of miraculous healing. Journeys to far-away sacred places. These are what are usually called to mind when we think of religious pilgrimage. Yet while pilgrimage can include journeying to the heart of sacred shrines, it can also occur in apparently mundane places. 'Powers of Pilgrimage' argues that we must question the universality of Western assumptions of what religion is and where it should be located, including the notion that 'genuine' pilgrimage needs to be associated with discrete, formally recognized forms of religiosity.

Contents:

PART I: FRAMES

Pilgrimage: Beyond Definition

Constructing the Field: More Than Shrines

PART II: TROPES

Trope Made to Travel: Communitas

Fictional Energies: Contestation

Center Cannot Hold: Camino

PART III: ARTICULATIONS

Pilgrimage Penumbras: From Liminal to the Lateral

Telling Tales: Verbal Performances and Pilgrimage Presences

Enclaving and Entraining: Economies of Mobility

Conclusion: Restoring the Powers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 9, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2021.

ISBN:

9781479811953 (e-book)

9780814717288 (hbk.)

9781479811946 (pbk.)

OCLC:

1299345948