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Image and pilgrimage in Christian culture : anthropological perspectives

This classic book, now updated and extensively revised, examines the theological doctrines and popular notions that promote and sustain Christian pilgrimage, including their corresponding symbols and images.
Print Book, English, ©1978
Blackwell, Oxford, ©1978
xvii, 281 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780631193609, 9780231042871, 9780231042864, 063119360X, 0231042876, 0231042868
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Introduction: pilgrimage as a liminoid phenomenon
Mexican pilgrimages: myth and history
St. Patrick's purgatory: religion and nationalism in an archaic pilgrimage
Iconophily and iconoclasm in medieval pilgrimages
Apparitions, messages, and miracles: postindustrial Marian pilgrimage