Contesting the Sacred

by Michael J. Sallnow

Book Overview

Whether a pilgrimage centers around a place, a visionary individual, or a text, it brings widely diverse individuals and their beliefs, doctrines, and expectations into contact with each other. This important collection assesses the qualities and power of pilgrimage shrines as sites for accommodating various, often competing, meanings and practices, both among pilgrims and between shrine custodians and devotees. Contributors discuss the highly organized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625640854
• ISBN13: 9781625640857
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"