Pilgrimage: Past and Present in the World Religions.

Abstract

Introduction: Landscapes Surveyed Piety And Identity: Sacred Travel In The Classical World Picture Section I Viewer and Viewed: Images and Idols Exile And Return: Jewish Pilgrimage Picture Section II The Sacred Site: Contestation and Co-operation The Centre In The Desert: Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca Picture Section III Images of the Orient The Gospels Embodied: Christian Pilgrimage To The Holy Land Picture Section IV Containers of the Sacred Geographies Of Sainthood: Christian Pilgrimage From The Middle Ages To The Present Day Picture Section V Living Saints Divinity Diffused: Pilgrimage In The Indian Religions Picture Section VI Mapping the Sacred Translating The Sacred: Patterns Of Pilgrimage In The Buddhist World Epilogue: Landscapes Reviewed Notes and Bibliographies Illustration Acknowledgements Index