Sacred places, sacred spaces : the geography of pilgrimages / edited by Robert H. Stoddard and Alan Morinis

Published:: Baton Rouge, LA : Geoscience Publications, Dept. of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, 1997.
Physical Description:: xi, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators:: Stoddard, Robert H. and Morinis, E. Alan

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Geoscience and man ; v. 34.

Contents:

Introduction: The geographic contribution to studies of pilgrimage / Robert H. Stoddard and Alan Morinis -- THE ROLE OF PILGRIMAGES: Geography and pilgrimage: A review / Surinder M. Bhardwaj -- Pilgrimage, travel and existential quest / Anne Osterrieth -- Defining and classifying pilgrimages / Robert H. Stoddard -- PILGRIMAGES IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION: Regional variations in Europe's Roman Catholic pilgrimage tradition / Mary Lee Nolan and Sidney Nolan -- Pilgrimage studies at different levels / Gisbert Rinschede -- Becoming a place of pilgrimage: An Eliadean interpretation of the miracle at Ambridge, Pennsylvania / Carolyn V. Prorok -- PILGRIMAGES IN THE MUSLIM TRADITION: The pilgrimage to Mecca and the centrality of Islam / Gwyn Rowley -- Muslim pilgrimage from Malaysia / Abdul Kadir Din and Abdul Samad Hadi -- PILGRIMAGES IN THE HINDU TRADITION: The goal of Indian pilgrimage: Geographical considerations / David E. Sopher -- Sacred space and pilgrimage in Hindu society: The case of Varanasi / Rana P. B. Singh -- The role of pilgrimage priests in perpetuating spatial organization within Hinduism / Anita Caplan -- PILGRIMAGES IN OTHER RELIGIONS OF ASIA: The Jaina ascetic as manifestation of the sacred / Thomas McCormick -- Patterns of pilgrimage to the Sikh shrine of Guru Gobind Singh at Patna / P. P. Karan -- The Shikoku pilgrimage: Essential characterists of a Japanese Buddhist pilgrimage complex / Hiroshi T. Shimazaki -- POSTLUDE: Pilgrimage: Culture and geography / Philip L. Wagner.

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0938909665

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Includes bibliographical references.

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