Book Summary
Image and Pilgrimage examines in detail two anthropological important aspects of the practice of pilgrimage. One is the context-the theological background into which each pilgrimage is 'born' and the folk traditions through which the people recognize the implications of the initiating event. The other is the repertoire of symbols and images that embody that experience and continue to clothe the original vision in varying ways. First published in 1978 and hailed by "Culture" as constituting "an important foreshadowing of issues that have become prominent in more recent anthropology," 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.
Book Details
| Book Name | Image & Pilgrimage In Christian Culture - Lectures On The History Of Religions (Paper) |
| Author | Victor Witter Turner, Edith L. Turner, Matthew Turner |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press (Jul 1995) |
| ISBN | 9780231042871 |
| Pages | 284 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1216 |