Author: Andrea CorrPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008321329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Andrea Corr’s Barefoot Pilgrimage is a compelling and honest memoir.
Barefoot Disciple
Author: Stephen CherryPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441105832
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The rediscovery of genuine, passionate humility as a healthy, life-giving and community-building virtue, capable of transforming our BSE (Blame Someone Else) society.
Pilgrimage
Author: Jonathan SumptionPublisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571266606
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
In a fascinating work of history, Jonathan Sumption brings alive the traditions of pilgrimage prevalent in Europe from the beginning of Christianity to the end of the fifteenth century. Vividly describing such major destinations as Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Canterbury, he examines both major figures - popes, kings, queens, scholars, villains - and the common people of their day. With great sympathy he evokes their achievements and failures, and addresses the question of what motivated such extraordinary quests.
The Age of Pilgrimage
Author: Jonathan SumptionPublisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9781587680250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
We are apt to forget how much people traveled in the Middle Ages. Not only merchants, friars, soldiers and official messengers, but crowds of pilgrims were a familiar sight on the roads of Western Europe. In this engaging work of history, Jonathan Sumption brings alive the traditions of pilgrimage prevalent in Europe from the beginning of Christianity to the end of the fifteenth century. Vividly describing such major destinations as Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Canterbury, he examines both major figures -- popes, kings, queens, scholars, villains -- and the common people of their day.
India
Author: Diana L EckPublisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0385531915
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
In India: A Sacred Geography, renowned Harvard scholar Diana Eck offers an extraordinary spiritual journey through the pilgrimage places of the world's most religiously vibrant culture and reveals that it is, in fact, through these sacred pilgrimages that India’s very sense of nation has emerged. No matter where one goes in India, one will find a landscape in which mountains, rivers, forests, and villages are elaborately linked to the stories of the gods and heroes of Indian culture. Every place in this vast landscape has its story, and conversely, every story of Hindu myth and legend has its place. Likewise, these places are inextricably tied to one another—not simply in the past, but in the present—through the local, regional, and transregional practices of pilgrimage. India: A Sacred Geography tells the story of the pilgrim’s India. In these pages, Diana Eck takes the reader on an extraordinary spiritual journey through the living landscape of this fascinating country –its mountains, rivers, and seacoasts, its ancient and powerful temples and shrines. Seeking to fully understand the sacred places of pilgrimage from the ground up, with their stories, connections and layers of meaning, she acutely examines Hindu religious ideas and narratives and shows how they have been deeply inscribed in the land itself. Ultimately, Eck shows us that from these networks of pilgrimage places, India’s very sense of region and nation has emerged. This is the astonishing and fascinating picture of a land linked for centuries not by the power of kings and governments, but by the footsteps of pilgrims. India: A Sacred Geography offers a unique perspective on India, both as a complex religious culture and as a nation. Based on her extensive knowledge and her many decades of wide-ranging travel and research, Eck's piercing insights and a sweeping grasp of history ensure that this work will be in demand for many years to come.
Pilgrimage in Ireland
Author: Peter HarbisonPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815603122
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The landscape of Ireland is rich with ancient carved stone crosses, tomb-shrines, Romanesque churches, round towers, sundials, beehive huts, Ogham stones and other monuments, many of them dating from before the 12th century. The purpose and function of these artifacts have often been the subject of much debate. Peter Harbison proposes in this book a radical hypothesis: that a great many of these relics can be explained in terms of ecclesiastical pilgrimage. He has constructed a fascination theory about the palace of pilgrimage in the early Christian period, placing it right at the center of communal life. The monuments themselves make much better sense if it looked at in this light—as having come into existence not through the practices of ascetic monks but because of the activities of pilgrims. He begins by searching the historical sources in detail for evidence of early pilgrimage sites. By examining their monuments he projects the findings to other locations where pilgrimage has not been documented. He goes on to describe monument-types of every kind and to identify pilgrims in sculpture surviving from before AD 1200. The Dingle Peninsula in Kerry proves to be a microcosm of pilgrimage monuments, enabling the author to reconstruct a tradition of maritime pilgrimage activity up and down the west coast of Ireland. Indeed, the famous medieval traveler's tale of the fabulous voyage of the St Brendan the Navigator can now be seen as the literary expression of a longstanding maritime pilgrimage along the Atlantic seaways of Ireland and Scotland, reaching Iceland, Greenland, and even North America.
Pilgrimage [2 volumes]
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Author: Linda Kay DavidsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576075435
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Nationalistic meccas, shrines to popular culture, and sacred traditions for the world's religions from Animism to Zoroastrianism are all examined in two accessible and comprehensive volumes. Pilgrimage is a comprehensive compendium of the basic facts on Pilgrimage from ancient times to the 21st century. Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease. Encompassing all major and minor world religions, from ancient cults to modern faiths, this work covers both religious and secular pilgrimage sites. Compiled by experts who have authored numerous books on pilgrimage and are pilgrims in their own right, the entries will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.
The Archetype of Pilgrimage
Author: Jean Dalby CliftPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1592445438
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Using Jungian archetypal theory, the authors explore the phenomenon of pilgrimage, as well as various types of pilgrimages, and suggest a way of understanding their meaning and variety.
Author: David M. GitlitzThe Barefoot Book of Pirates
Author: Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 9781901223798
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
A collection of tales from around the world which focus on the exploits of a variety of pirates, from the fierce and frightening to the friendly and funny. Suggested level: primary.
