Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy
Pilgrimage : three theoretical Interpretations / René Gothóni -- Pilgrimage and the blessings of place-making : reflections on and beyond the anthropology of pilgrimage / Simon Coleman -- In search of learning and holiness : Scandinavians going abroad from the Middle Ages to the present / Jakob Chr...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Oxford Bern Berlin Frankfurt am Main Wien [u.a.]
Peter Lang
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pilgrimage
/ Buddhism
/ Hinduism
B Hinduism / Pilgrimage B Buddhism / Pilgrimage B Lamaism / Pilgrimage |
| Further subjects: | B
Conference program 2008 (Helsinki)
B Pilgrims and pilgrimages Congresses B Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages Congresses B Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages Congresses |
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| Summary: | Pilgrimage : three theoretical Interpretations / René Gothóni -- Pilgrimage and the blessings of place-making : reflections on and beyond the anthropology of pilgrimage / Simon Coleman -- In search of learning and holiness : Scandinavians going abroad from the Middle Ages to the present / Jakob Christensson -- In the sphere of the holy : pilgrimage to a contemporary Greek convent / Mari-Johanna Rahkala -- St. Petersburg Datsan : the northernmost Buddhist temple in Europe / Alexandre I. Andreyev -- Pilgrimage as business in traditional India / Klaus Karttunen -- Pouring water on Śiva : the case of Tarakeswar pilgrims / Rikka Uuksulainen -- The way is the goal : Buddhist circulatory pilgrimage in Japan with special reference to selected artefacts / Michael Pye -- Traditional Tibetan pilgrimage and the eight holy sites of Rebgong / Wuqi Chenaktsang -- A dead man's pilgrimage : the legend of the Wutun people in Amdo / Juha A. Janhunen -- Tourism, pilgrimage, and the fluidity of material culture in Labrang/Xiahe / Juha Komppa -- Tibetan Buddhist nuns : Damcho Pema's prostrating pilgrimage to Lhasa / Lhundrub Dorji -- Some remarks on understanding the motives of Tibetan nuns / Mitra Hirkinen |
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| Item Description: | "Papers ... delivered at an international symposium entitled "Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy" convened in Helsinki in 2008"--Introd |
| ISBN: | 3034301618 |