Pilgrimage in Popular Culture

by Ian Reader (Editor), Tony Walter (Editor)

Specially commissioned studies of popular pilgrimages - East and West, past and present, religious and 'secular - ranging from Shikoku (Japan), to Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Kosovo (Yugoslavia), Glastonbury, Anfield (UK), Flanders fields, Graceland and military pilgrimages in the USA. The book asks in what ways all these can be called pilgrimages and what their relation is to tourism and to entertainment, highlighting the enduring popularity not only of pilgrimage but also of saints and heroes.

Hardcover

First published December 9, 1992

About the author

Ian Reader is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Manchester, UK.