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From the Great Panathenaea of ancient Greece to the "hajj", people of all nationalities have made sacred journeys to confirm their faith and their part in a larger identity. This text provides a guide to the varied cultural territory such pilgrimages have covered across the ages. It explores the phenomenon and the experience of pilgrimage through an interdisciplinary approach, which uses history, religion, sociology, anthropology and art history to illustrate the range of sacred travel and map the cultural imagination.
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In tracing sacred travels from fifth-century B.C.E. Greece to the Holy Land in the late twentieth century and from monotheistic traditions to those of Indian religions and the Buddhist world, Simon Coleman and John Elsner propose a novel journey of the mind.--Julia Clancy-Smith "American Historical Review "
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John Elsner is a Lecturer in Classical and Early Christian Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
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- PublisherHarvard University Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0674667662
- ISBN 13 9780674667662
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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