| Description |
1 electronic resource (362 pages ) |
| Series |
Moravian MUPO title |
| Contents |
Secular pilgimage : a contradiction in terms? / Peter Jan Margry -- I. The political realm. The anti-mafia movement as religion? : the pilgrimage to Falcone's tree / Deborah Puccio-Den -- "I'm not religious, but Tito is a god" : Tito, Kumrovec, and the new pilgrims / Marijana Belaj -- Patriotism and religion : pilgrimages to Soekarno's grave / Huub de Jonge -- II. The musical realm. Rock and roll pilgrims : reflections on ritual, religiosity, and race at Graceland / Erika Doss -- The pilgrimage to Jim Morrison's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery : the social construction of sacred space / Peter Jan Margry -- The Apostle of Love : the cultus of Jimmy Zámbó in post-socialist Hungary / István Povedák -- III. The sports realm. Pre's rock : pilgrimage, ritual, and runners' traditions at the roadside shrine to Steve Prefontaine / Daniel Wojcik -- IV. The realm of life, spirituality and death. Going with the flow : contemporary pilgrimage in Glastonbury / Marion Bowman -- The pilgrimage to the "cancer forest" on the "Trees for Life Day" in Flevoland / Paul Post -- Sites of memory, sites of sorrow : an American veterans' motorcycle pilgrimage / Jill Dubisch |
| Summary |
This book affirms, from an anthropological perspective, humans enduring need for pilgrimage, also in the modern world |
| Analysis |
religion |
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cultuur and geschiedenis |
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sociology |
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religie |
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anthropology |
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culture and history |
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sociologie |
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anthropologie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
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Shrines.
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shrines (structures)
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Humanities.
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Religion and beliefs.
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Religion: general.
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Comparative religion.
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Society and social sciences.
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Sociology and anthropology.
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History.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages
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Shrines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Margry, P. J. (Peter Jan)
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| LC no. |
2020719738 |
| ISBN |
9789048502240 |
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9048502241 |
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9786611787875 |
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6611787879 |
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1281787876 |
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9781281787873 |
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