Pilgrimage Past and Present in the World Religions

Name: Pilgrimage Past and Present in the World Religions
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ISBN: 9780674667662

ISBN-10: 0674667662

ISBN-13: 9780674667662

Edition: 1995 (Reprint)

Authors: Simon Coleman, John Elsner

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From the Great Panathenaea of ancient Greece to the hajj of today, people of all religions and cultures have made sacred journeys to confirm their faith and their part in a larger identity. This book is a fascinating guide through the vast and varied cultural territory such pilgrimages have covered across the ages. The first book to look at the phenomenon and experience of pilgrimage through the multiple lenses of history, religion, sociology, anthropology, and art history, this sumptuously illustrated volume explores the full richness and range of sacred travel as it maps the cultural imagination. The authors consider pilgrimage as a physical journey through time and space, but also as…

Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Jas Elsner is Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Art at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and visiting professor of art history at the University of Chicago.ï¿½Elsner's most recent solo-authored book is Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text.



Introduction: Landscapes Surveyed


Piety And Identity: Sacred Travel In The Classical World



Viewer and Viewed: Images and Idols


Exile And Return: Jewish Pilgrimage



The Sacred Site: Contestation and Co-operation


The Centre In The Desert: Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca



Images of the Orient


The Gospels Embodied: Christian Pilgrimage To The Holy Land



Containers of the Sacred


Geographies Of Sainthood: Christian Pilgrimage From The Middle Ages To The Present Day



Living Saints


Divinity Diffused: Pilgrimage In The Indian Religions



Mapping the Sacred


Translating The Sacred: Patterns Of Pilgrimage In The Buddhist World


Epilogue: Landscapes Reviewed


Notes and Bibliographies


Illustration


Acknowledgements


Index