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9780231042871

Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780231042871

  • ISBN10:

    0231042876

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-04-01
  • Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

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Summary

First published in 1978 and hailed by Cultureas constituting "an important foreshadowing of issues that have become prominent in more recent anthropology," this classic book, now updated and extensively revised, examines the theological doctrines and popular notions that promote and sustain Christian pilgrimage, including their corresponding symbols and images.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface
Introduction: Pilgrimage as a Liminoid Phenomenonp. 1
Mexican Pilgrimages: Myth and Historyp. 40
St. Patrick's Purgatory: Religion and Nationalism in an Archaic Pilgrimagep. 104
Iconophily and Iconoclasm in Marian Pilgrimagep. 140
Locality and Universality in Medieval Pilgrimagesp. 172
Apparitions, Messages, and Miracles: Postindustrial Marian Pilgrimagep. 203
Conclusionsp. 231
Appendix A: Notes on Processual Symbolic Analysisp. 243
Appendix B: Chronology of Lough Derg Pilgrimagep. 256
Bibliographyp. 261
Indexp. 273
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