Contesting the Sacred: The Anthropology of Christian Pilgrimage

by John Eade (Editor)

This work undertakes a re-think of earlier anthropological studies of Christian pilgrimage, for example, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture. The book explores the limitations of the Turnerian perspective within the context of recent debates and developments in anthropology and sociology.

Genres: Christianity

158 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 1991

Reviews

[Mattyk · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had very little to do with actual pilgrimage. It reviews a few specific sites that were the endpoints of pilgrimages but unless that is exactly what you are looking for, then there is not much here.