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Title:
Pilgrimage : a very short introduction / Ian Reader.
Author:
Reader, Ian, 1949- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
BL619.P5 R42 2015
Abstract:
"Presents pilgrimage in a global and historical context. Using a wide range of examples, Reader explores how people take part in and experience their pilgrimages, and what they take back from their journeys, He concludes by examining why pilgrimages appear to be so popular in our increasingly secular age."--Front flap.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198718222
Series:
Very short introductions ; 427

Very short introductions ; 427.
Physical Description:
xiv, 130 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Pilgrimage around the world -- Forms, themes, and meanings -- More than miracles -- Practices, motives, and experiences -- Festivity, tourism, and souvenirs -- Secular sites and contemporary developments.
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