Dismantling Religious Boundaries by Sharing the Baraka through Pilgrimages in Lebanon

This paper will explore the way in which religious votive pilgrimages affect (and increase) the permeability of the frontiers between religions in Lebanon. In Lebanon today, the worship of saints captures the essence of Christian as well as Muslim devotion, and has done so for centuries. This paper...

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Main Author: Farra-Haddad, Nour (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [2014]
In: Diskus
Year: 2013, Volume: 15, Pages: 54-73
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