Title:
Image and pilgrimage in Christian culture : anthropological perspectives
Author:
Turner, Victor W. (Victor Witter), 1920-1983.
ISBN:
9780231527828
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [1996?], ©1978.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvii, 281 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Lectures on the history of religions ; new ser., no. 11
Lectures on the history of religions ; new ser., no. 11.
Abstract:
First published in 1978 and hailed as ""an important foreshadowing of issues that have become prominent in more recent anthropology, "" this classic work examines the theological doctrines, popular notions, and corresponding symbols and images promoting and sustaining Christian pilgrimage. The text examines two major aspects of pilgrimage practice: the significance of context, or the theological conditions that give rise to pilgrimage and the folk traditions that enable worshippers to absorb the meaning of the event; and the images and symbols that embody the experience of pilgrimage and t.
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Electronic Access:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/turn15790Copies:
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