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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 2675 Christian Pilgrimage in Modern Western Europe, by Mary Lee Nolan & Sidney Nolen (read 17 Nov 1994) This is a very analytical and even-handed study. It is truly amazing the work the authors did to compile this book. They have inventoried 6.150 shrines in Western Europe, and catgorize them in various ways. One way is: Significant Sites, Ex-voto Shrines, Devotional Shrines, Found Object Shrines, Acquired Object Shrines, and Appartional Shrines. I found myself very interested in the subject of this book, and though the book is in no way 'devotional' I found myself wishing very much I could go to the shrines which are so numerous in Europe. This was a fascinating book, with many pictures. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Christian Pilgrimage in Modern Western Europe is a commanding exploration of the importance of religious shrines in modern Roman Catholicism. By analyzing more than 6,000 active shrines and contemporary patterns of pilgrimage to them, the authors establish the cultural significance of a religious tradition that today touches the lives of millions of people. Roman Catholic pilgrimage sites in Western Europe range from obscure chapels and holy wells that draw visitors only from their immediate vicinity to the world-famous, often-thronged shrines at Rome, Lourdes, and Fatima. These shrines generate at least 70 million religiously motivated visits each year, with total annual visitation exceeding 100 million. Substantial numbers of pilgrims at major shrines come from the Americas and other areas outside Western Europe. Mary Lee Nolan and Sidney Nolan describe and interpret the dimensions of Western European pilgrimage in time and space, a cultural-geographic approach that reveals regional variations in types of shrines and pilgrimages in the sixteen countries of Western Europe. They examine numerous legends and historical accounts associated with cult images and shrines, showing how these reflect ideas about humanity, divinity, and environment. The Nolans demonstrate that the dynamic fluctuations in Christian pilgrimage activities over the past 2,000 years reflect socioeconomic changes and technological transformations as well as shifting intellectual orientations. Increases and decreases in the number of shrines established coincide with major turning points in European history, for pilgrimage, no less than wars, revolutions, and the advent of urban-industrial society, is an integral part of that history. Pilgrimage traditions have been influenced by -- and have influenced -- science, literature, philosophy, and the arts. Christian Pilgrimage in Modern Western Europe is based on ten years of research. The Nolans collected information on 6,150 shrines from published material, correspondence with bishops and shrine administrators, and interviews. They visited 852 Western European shrines in person. Their book will be of interest to many general readers and of special value to historians, cultural geographers, students of comparative religion, anthropologists, social psychologists, and shrine administrators. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)263.042Religions Christian church and church work Sabbath + Sunday + Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages + Church year PilgrimageLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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