Pilgrimages Today
Editori
Ahlbäck, Tore
The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi
2010
Kuvaus
Nina Björkman
The Biswa Ijtema
Ruth Blackwell
Motivation for Pilgrimage. Using theory to explore motivations
Dora Carpenter-Latiri
The Ghriba Pilgrimage in the Island of Jerba. The semantics of otherness
René Gothóni
Unity and Universe. Understanding pilgrimage to Mount Athos
Céline Grünhagen
‘Our Queen of Hearts’—the Glorification of Lady Diana Spencer.
A critical appraisal of the glorification of celebrities and new pilgrimage
Patrick Hällzon
Stepping onto Sacred Ground. The mazar in Uyghur day-to-day life
Tina Hamrin-Dahl
This-Worldly and Other-Worldly. A Holocaust pilgrimage
Christer Hedin
Muslim Pilgrimage as Education by Experience
Nilay Hosta & Birsen Limon
Changing Features of the Concept of Pilgrimage. The example of the Mevlana’s Museum in Konya
Tuomas Hovi
Dracula Tourism as Pilgrimage?
Ruth Illman
Embracing Complexity. The post-secular pilgrimage of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Magali Jenny
« Souviens-toi, sois prudent ». Les pèlerinages motards
Richard C. Martin
Visiting Ground Zero. Sacred echoes in secular rites
Tommi Mendel
Foot-Pilgrims and Backpackers. Contemporary ways of travelling
Erik Reenberg Sand
Theology of Karman. Merit, death and release in the case of Varanasi, India
William S. Sax
The Royal Pilgrimage of the Goddess Nanda
Niklas Sjöström
The Awaited Miracle. Reflections on Marian apparitions in Garabandal, Spain
The Biswa Ijtema
Ruth Blackwell
Motivation for Pilgrimage. Using theory to explore motivations
Dora Carpenter-Latiri
The Ghriba Pilgrimage in the Island of Jerba. The semantics of otherness
René Gothóni
Unity and Universe. Understanding pilgrimage to Mount Athos
Céline Grünhagen
‘Our Queen of Hearts’—the Glorification of Lady Diana Spencer.
A critical appraisal of the glorification of celebrities and new pilgrimage
Patrick Hällzon
Stepping onto Sacred Ground. The mazar in Uyghur day-to-day life
Tina Hamrin-Dahl
This-Worldly and Other-Worldly. A Holocaust pilgrimage
Christer Hedin
Muslim Pilgrimage as Education by Experience
Nilay Hosta & Birsen Limon
Changing Features of the Concept of Pilgrimage. The example of the Mevlana’s Museum in Konya
Tuomas Hovi
Dracula Tourism as Pilgrimage?
Ruth Illman
Embracing Complexity. The post-secular pilgrimage of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Magali Jenny
« Souviens-toi, sois prudent ». Les pèlerinages motards
Richard C. Martin
Visiting Ground Zero. Sacred echoes in secular rites
Tommi Mendel
Foot-Pilgrims and Backpackers. Contemporary ways of travelling
Erik Reenberg Sand
Theology of Karman. Merit, death and release in the case of Varanasi, India
William S. Sax
The Royal Pilgrimage of the Goddess Nanda
Niklas Sjöström
The Awaited Miracle. Reflections on Marian apparitions in Garabandal, Spain
Tiivistelmä
Pilgrimages can tentatively be described as journeys undertaken by individuals or groups to a place, which for the persons involved in the journey is of great importance; either for religious or spiritual reasons or for reasons pertaining to other aspects of the person’s history, cultural milieu and social situation. The current volume does not limit the theme of pilgrimages to conventional or traditional religious journeys, but aims at exploring the wider field of travelling akin to pilgrimages in our contemporary culture to shed light upon similarities as well as differences in motivations, practices and perspectives.
The volume presents a number of theoretical analyses of pilgrimages as a phenomenon of the 21st century, but also several rich and intriguing accounts based on ethnographic work. The themes range from traditional and collective pilgrimages within the world religions – such as the Orthodox Christian tradition of visiting Mount Athos or the Muslim festival Biswa Ijtema in Bangladesh – to more contemporary and individualistic pilgrimages. Examples of this latter category are e.g. the memorial practices connected to late Lady Diana Spencer, Dracula tourism and motorcycle pilgrimages.
The volume presents a number of theoretical analyses of pilgrimages as a phenomenon of the 21st century, but also several rich and intriguing accounts based on ethnographic work. The themes range from traditional and collective pilgrimages within the world religions – such as the Orthodox Christian tradition of visiting Mount Athos or the Muslim festival Biswa Ijtema in Bangladesh – to more contemporary and individualistic pilgrimages. Examples of this latter category are e.g. the memorial practices connected to late Lady Diana Spencer, Dracula tourism and motorcycle pilgrimages.