Contesting the Sacred
Author | : John Eade |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780252069406 |
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Focusing on Christian pilgrimage to locales as far flung as Lourdes, Italy, Jerusalem, Sri Lanka, and Peru, this collection assesses the qualities and power of pilgrimage shrines as sites for accommodating various, often competing, meanings and practices, both among pilgrims and between shrine custodians and devotees.