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Pilgrimage and Political Economy: Translating the Sacred

Pilgrimage and Political Economy: Translating the Sacred

by Simon Coleman (Editor), John Eade (Editor)

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    Illustrated 2018

    $147.00
Synopsis

Pilgrimage has always had a tendency to follow - and sometimes create - trade routes. This volume explores how wider factors behind transnational and global mobility have impacted on pilgrimage activity across the world, and examines the ways in which pilgrimage relates to migration, diaspora, and political cooperation or conflict across nation-states. Furthermore, it brings together case studies that explore forms of mobility where pilgrimage is juxtaposed, complements, or is in intimate association with other forms of movement.

$147.00

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 206
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 20 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 1785339427
ISBN 13: 9781785339424

Media Reviews
The book is a welcome addition to the anthropology of pilgrimage, and makes a good case for what the study of pilgrimage and its contexts can contribute to an understanding of broader social processes in the contemporary world. It covers a wide range of locales and religions, and, while focused on contemporary ethnography, also includes historical and philological reflections. Jackie Feldman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Author Bio
Simon Coleman is Chancellor Jackman Professor at the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto. His publications include Pilgrimage Past and Present in the World Religions (Harvard, 1995, with John Elsner), Pilgrim Voices: Authorship and Narrative in Christian Pilgrimage (Berghahn, 2003, edited with John Elsner) and Guiding the Pilgrim (Special Issue of Tourist Studies, 2015, edited with John Eade and Evgenia Mesaritou).Simon Coleman is Chancellor Jackman Professor at the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto. His publications include Pilgrimage Past and Present in the World Religions (Harvard, 1995, with John Elsner), Pilgrim Voices: Authorship and Narrative in Christian Pilgrimage (Berghahn, 2003, edited with John Elsner) and Guiding the Pilgrim (Special Issue of Tourist Studies, 2015, edited with John Eade and Evgenia Mesaritou).