Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey
Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot /eds./
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 2006
Stron 132, format: 22x28 cm, papier kredowy
116 kolorowych ilustracji
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Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey explores the role of pilgrimage in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and the religions that developed in India. It was written to coincide with an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2006), but it is not a catalogue of the display. It is intended to be read independently, as it explores attitudes to pilgrimage in the different religions; it also includes accounts of individual pilgrimage, both historical and contemporary.
Common themes emerge, regardless of religious affiliation. The departure from daily life is part of all pilgrimages. Along the way, the journey may lead past lesser shrines and sacred landscapes. The visit to the central shrine, the final goal of the journey, culminates in an intense spiritual experience. Reliquaries and souvenirs may help to hold on to this moment and transfer its power back into everyday life. Pilgrimage survives as an important aspect of religious a
Contents
FOREWORD Christopher Brown
PREFACE James W. Allan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot
14 RELATIVES IN FAITH:
PILGRIMAGE IN JUDAISM, ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY Ruth Barnes
38 PILGRIMAGE IN SOUTH ASIA:
CROSSING BOUNDARIES OF SPACE AND FAITH Crispin Branfoot
80 WILLIAM WEY:
AN ENGLISH PILGRIM'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM Francis Davey
96 TRAVELLERS OF FAITH: PILGRIM TALES
James W. Allan and Crispin Branfoot
116 A TIME OF MIRACLES Caroline Friend
FURTHER READING
GLOSSARYwareness and identification to this day.
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