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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Contributors: Gothóni, René 1950- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Bern Berlin Frankfurt am Main Wien [u.a.] Peter Lang 2010
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
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