Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

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.

Columbia University Press

1100528752
Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

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.

Columbia University Press

36.0 In Stock
Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

Paperback(Columbia Classics edition)

$36.00 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    In stock. Ships in 3-7 days. Typically arrives in 3 weeks.
  • PICK UP IN STORE

    Your local store may have stock of this item.

Related collections and offers


Overview

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.

Columbia University Press


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780231042871
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 08/05/1995
Series: Columbia Classics in Religion , #11
Edition description: Columbia Classics edition
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 6.02(w) x 9.04(h) x 0.77(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Victor Turner (1920–1983) was professor of religion and anthropology at the University of Chicago. He authored many books, including The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual, The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society, and On the Edge of the Bush: Anthropology As Experience.

Edith Turner is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Virginia and editor of the journal Anthropology and Humanism.

Deborah Ross is a theologian and writer living in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback AdditionPreface1 - Introduction: Pilgrimage as Myth and History2 - Mexican Pilgrimages: Myth and History3 - St. Patrick's Purgatory: Religion and Nationalism in an Archaic Pilgrimage4 - Iconophily and Iconoclasm in Marian Pilgrimage3 - Locality and Universality in Medieval Pilgrimages6 - Apparitions, Messages, and Miracles: Postindustrial Marian Pilgrimage7 - ConclusionsAppendix AAppendix BBibliographyIndex

Columbia University Press

What People are Saying About This

Simon Coleman

Image and Pilgrimage is a landmark in the anthropological study ofpilgrimage: indeed, it formed the field. We still have not fullyappreciated all that it has to say about embodiment, movement, andmateriality. But even more than a study of Christian pilgrimage, it isalso a book about how to do anthropology, and how to trace theintersections between history, religious experience and popularculture.

Simon Coleman, Chancellor Jackman Chaired Professor at the Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews