Pilgrimage Books
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers New Pilgrimage Routes and Trails
Book SynopsisSince the dawn of humanity, people have traveled in search of meaning and to petition for worldly and otherworldly blessings. In the twenty-first century, the number of people traveling to religious sacred sites on pilgrimage has increased more than at any point in human history. An increased demand for pilgrimage routes and trails with the spiritual rather than the religious walker in mind, has also led various enterprising groups and individuals to develop entirely new pilgrimage routes and trails. This book highlights this new chapter in pilgrimage and trail development with essays by pilgrimage scholars and practitioners working in over ten countries. These include an examination of circular pilgrimage in The Netherlands, weird or «antipilgrimages» in the UK, and the revitalization of ancient trails along the Old Way to Canterbury, in the Baltic States, and on the Kumano Kodo in Japan. Entirely new trails include the Sufi Trail in Turkey, the Western Front Way in Europe, the Abraham Path in Southwest Asia, the Mormon Canadian Trail, and various new religious-themed trails in Lebanon. Human rights pilgrimages include one focused on peace building in Indigenous Australia, another on Indigenous settler pilgrimage protocols in Canada, and an emancipation pilgrimage along the Underground Railroad in the United States.Table of ContentsContents: Developing New Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails – Saving Ourselves and Saving the Earth: New Circular Pilgrimage Routes in the Netherlands – Virtual and Hybrid Pilgrimage: Fictioning, Weird Realism, and Privileged Points – The Ghosts of Past and Future along England’s Old Way – Developing New Routes across North Europe: Walking in the Baltic States and England – The Western Front Way: Connecting Points of War to Form a Path of Peace – Religious, Economic and Political Considerations for Developing and Promoting New Pilgrimages Routes in Southern Lebanon – The Abraham Path: A Pilgrimage in Time – Turkey’s Sufi Trail: Revitalising a Medieval Pilgrimage – The Emergence of the Kumano Kodō as a Contemporary Pilgrimage Destination – Walking for Justice and Reconciliation in Australia – The Promise and Peril of Walking Indigenous Territorial Recognitions Carried Out by Canadian Settlers – Religious Theming as a Strategy for Tourism Development: The Case of Canada’s Mormon Trail – The Pilgrim’s Pathway: Emancipation Pilgrimage on the Underground Railroad – Forging ahead on New Trails of Faith.
£43.20
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Pilgrimage:
Book SynopsisAs a niche field, pilgrimage studies has long been multidisciplinary and draws interest from pilgrims, practitioners, and academic scholars. Despite the burgeoning corpus of pilgrimage literature, there is a gap related to disciplinary-specific publications which reflect how pilgrimage is conceptualised and studied by academics. Moreover, many academic publications assume the reader is familiar with particular research methods and/or theoretical paradigms that inform the work, which is often not the case. The goal of the current volume is to present a foundational text for understanding various disciplines that contribute to the field of pilgrimage studies and to bridge the gulf between academic scholarship and ‘popular’ pilgrimage literature. To this end, each chapter is organised in a similar format, which includes an overview of the discipline or field of study, a brief history, and the types of questions that are addressed by the discipline. Building on this foundation, the chapters include a section on contemporary literature pertaining to pilgrimage or pilgrimage-like phenomena. Authors further consider theoretical perspectives and methodological concerns. Finally, authors explore recommendations for future research and/or directions for advanced exploration. The volume includes chapters from disciplines formerly silent on pilgrimage phenomena such as public administration, information studies, and digital humanities.Table of ContentsContents: Heather A. Warfield: Introduction – Bruce D. McDonald, III: Public Administration Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Anne E. Bailey: Medieval History Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Ian Styler: Digital Humanities Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Alison T. Smith: Gender Studies Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Kathryn Hurlock: History of Medicine Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Paul Post: Ritual Studies Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Jaeyeon Choe: Tourism Studies Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Joy Ackerman: Environmental Studies Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Hossein Godazgar: Sociology Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Daniel H. Olsen: Geography Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Heather A. Warfield: Psychology Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Kenneth David Strang: Information Studies Perspectives on Pilgrimage – Michael A. Di Giovine and Deana L. Weibel: Anthropology Perspectives on Pilgrimage.
£36.00
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Pilgrimage to Mount Athos
Book Synopsis«Mount Athos, for over a thousand years a centre for monasticism, has attracted pilgrims for nearly as long. This fascinating collection of essays discusses pilgrimage, the pilgrims, and the monks themselves. The Athonite ban on females has not precluded essays by women, testifying to the Holy Mountain’s appeal, transcending geography.» (Fr Andrew Louth) Mount Athos is the chief centre of pilgrimage for Eastern Orthodox Christians. As the spiritual hub of the Orthodox world it is also home to more than two thousand monks. Each of its twenty monasteries welcomes thousands of pilgrims every year to venerate its holy icons, to make their confessions, and to listen to the wisdom of its elders. This book delves into the nature of pilgrimage, for both Western and Eastern Christians. It describes the pilgrim experience both from the standpoint of the visiting pilgrim (be it men to the Athonite monasteries or women to their daughter houses elsewhere) and from that of the receiving monk. What is it like to live the life of a monk or nun for a few precious days? And what is it like for the monks (and nuns) to receive literally thousands of pilgrims every year? And are they true pilgrims or are they really tourists? What is so special about Athos? This book will answer these questions.Table of ContentsContents: Sister Magdalen: Holy People and Holy Places: An Orthodox Reflection on Pilgrimage – Douglas Dales: Pilgrimage in the Western Church before ad 1000 – Veronica Della Dora: Gazes from the Sea: Mount Athos through the Eyes of Women Travellers and Pilgrims – René Gothóni: Pilgrims or Tourists? Modern-Day Travellers – Chris Thomas: The Path-Clearing Pilgrimage – Archimandrite Methodios: Monastic Hospitality: An Athonite Monk’s Experience – Anna Conomos-Wedlock: Monastic Hospitality: A Pilgrim’s Experience of Ormylia – Rory Fraser: Monastic Hospitality: A Pilgrim’s Experience of Mount Athos – Metropolitan Nikolaos Of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki: Climbing to the Highest Place on Earth – Metropolitan Kallistos Of Diokleia: Fifty-Four Years as an Athonite Pilgrim.
£33.25
Wild Goose Publications St Cuthbert's Way - 2019 edition: A pilgrims'
Book SynopsisThere's nothing like putting one foot in front of the other, day after day, in all weathers, forgettingyou in touch with the things that really matter. St Cuthbert's Way runs from Melrose in the Scottish Borders to Lindisfarne, Holy Island, off the coast of Northumberland. This book, designed as a Pilgrims' companion, presents Information essential for walking the Way A field guide to places of interest along the route An introduction to St Cuthbert and his world Songs, meditations and stories Ideas and resources for a contemporary pilgrimage experienceWhile other guides major on directions, this one brings the landscape to life through a wealth of stories and personalities, while leaving you free to experience your own pilgrimage for yourself. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in early Celtic and Anglo-Saxon spirituality, the more recent history of the Borderlands and the flora and fauna to look out for along the way. Mary Low is a writer and independent scholar with a long-standing interest in the religious and spiritual traditions of Scotland and Ireland. She has lived near Melrose in the Scottish Borders for most of her life. Her other books include Celtic Christianity and Nature and Cherish the Earth. This new and thoroughly revised edition of St Cuthbert's Way brings her unique Companion up to date for a new generation of readers. What Mary Low's book does is to give a rich context for one specific pilgrimage, and in a way accessible to pilgrims of all faiths and those beyond faith. She connects St Cuthbert's Way pilgrimage with the searching and yearning common to all humanity.' Mary Grey, former editor of Ecotheology magazineHere is a chance to walk with many people of history in a land of beauty touched by the Eternal.' David Adam
£999.99
Canterbury Press Norwich Iona: A Pilgrim's Guide
Book SynopsisThis essential companion for all pilgrims and visitors covers all the principal sites on the island of Iona - one of world's most visited holy places. Every Wednesday, there is a pilgrimage around the island and this guide follows its route, stopping at all the principal sites to reflect on the island's history rooted in Celtic spirituality, and to pray for the needs of the world.
£999.99
Amsterdam University Press Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas
Book SynopsisFor roughly two thousand years, the veneration of sacred fossil ammonites, called Shaligrams, has been an important part of Hindu and Buddhist ritual practice throughout South Asia and among the global Diaspora. Originating from a single remote region of Himalayan Nepal, called Mustang, Shaligrams are all at once fossils, divine beings, and intimate kin with families and worshippers. Through their lives, movements, and materiality, Shaligrams then reveal fascinating new dimensions of religious practice, pilgrimage, and politics. But as social, environmental, and national conflicts in the politically-contentious region of Mustang continue to escalate, the geologic, mythic, and religious movements of Shaligrams have come to act as parallels to the mobility of people through both space and time. Shaligram mobility therefore traverses through multiple social worlds, multiple religions, and multiple nations revealing Shaligram practitioners as a distinct, alternative, community struggling for a place in a world on the edge.Trade Review"In Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas, the author’s careful treatment of the subject matter allows the reader to consider the lives of stone persons alongside our own and personhoods that derive from vast natural cycles beyond human control. To do so was no easy task, I’m sure, and the result is an important addition to interdisciplinary object studies."- Donna Yates, Journal of Material Religion, July 2021 "Walters’ book represents almost a decade of in-depth study in India and Nepal in search of the meaning of shaligram worship. [...] Her meticulously researched book provides deep insight into the culture of these sacred fossils and of the age-old pilgrimage to Muktinath. Shaligram Pilgrimage is the most comprehensive study of the “living fossils” written to date."- Don Messerschmidt, Himal Southasian, July 2021Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Transliteration Chapter 1 - Living Fossils Chapter 2 - Spiral Notebooks Chapter 3 - Picked Up Pieces Chapter 4 - A Mirror to Our Being Chapter 5 - A Bridge to Everywhere Chapter 6 - Turning to Stone Chapter 7 - The River Road Chapter 8 - Ashes and Immortality Conclusion - Touch Stones Primary Sources Bibliography Index
£107.35
Oxford University Press,Pakistan 'We are Lovers of the Qalandar': Piety, Pilgrimage, and Ritual in Pakistani Sufi Islam
Book SynopsisThis book is about Pakistan's most popular Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar whose shrine in Sehwan Sharif is one of the most fascinating sanctuaries in the Muslim world. At the time of pilgrimage, this flourishing cult centre becomes a vibrant place of ecstatic religiosity marked by intense forms of devotion. The present ethnographic study is organized around three themes: piety, pilgrimage, and ritual. Thus, its focus is first on visual culture and 'material religion' as well as various aspects of religious aesthetics which highlight how sacred spaces are constructed and shaped. Secondly, it deals with the year-round pilgrimage, mainly investigating pilgrims from Punjab (including a unique life history of a female 'Sufi lineage' from Lahore), but also discussing remarkable ritual agents in the cult. The third theme is the spectacular trance dance known as dhamāl. On February 16, 2017, a suicide bomber executed a horrible massacre among the dancing devotees. This work, which is the fruit of the author's field-research between 2003 and 2015 in Sindh and Punjab, aims to contribute to a 'Sufism observed' which often seems to be neglected in mainly text-based Sufi studies. It is an academic companion to his earlier At the Shrine of the Red Sufi (OUP, 2011).Trade Review"We are Lovers of the Qalandar" is a vital addition to the scholarship of Pakistani Sufism and the anthropology of Islam. Frembgen's meticulous, granular ethnography is nuanced by his attention to broader historical, literary, and theoretical source materials...this book will serve as a useful resource for graduate and undergraduate courses in cultural anthropology, Islamic studies, Sufism, South Asia, and material culture and religion. It will also appeal to a broad readership searching for a more informed account of Islam and Sufism beyond the reductive, one-dimensional caricatures that too often (mis)inform journalistic and mass media reporting. * Robert Rozehnal, Lehigh University, Journal of Sufi Studies *We are Lovers of the Qalandar is a profoundly rich contribution to the field of South Asian Sufism, Anthropology of Art, and Islam. It is a novel addition to the visual material theory of Sufi tradition in Islam. * M. Rafique Wassan, Anthropos *
£999.99
