Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture (Columbia Classics in Religion)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231157916 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Image and Pilgrimage in Chriatian Culture Koko Kito The book will be an answer to those who are looking for some reasons why such kind of phenomenona, like pilgrimages are still observed in the modern world. Victor Turner repeatedly talks of signifiers and signified and in the book his focus is very much on Marian devotion.. Ashley Brasier said Christian Pilgrimage as an Institution. Victor and Edith L.B. Turner's "Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture" addresses pilgrimage as an institution implicated in social processes and functions. Consequently, the Turners note that an understanding of pilgrimage is key to comprehending a society's culture and its social, economic, and nationalist. Pioneering work on Christian pilgrimages from an anthropological lens Mitzie I This is required reading in my Pilgrimage class and the first work done on the pilgrimage system. Very important contribution to the anthropological study of pilgrimages. Marian and Mexican pilgrimages are the focus of this work. Valuable!
Offering vivid vignettes of social history, it extends their importance beyond the realm of the religious to our own conceptions of reality.Extensively revised throughout, this edition includes a new introduction by the theologian Deborah Ross situating the book within the work of Victor and Edith Turner and among the movements of contemporary culture. Retelling its own tales of "mere mortals" confronted by potent visions, such as the man Juan Diego who found redemption with the Lady of Guadalupe and the poor French shepherdess Bernadette whose encounter with the Lady at Lourdes inspired Christians across the globe, this text treats religious visions as both paradox and empowering phenomena, tying them explicitly to the times in which they occurred. First published in 1978, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture is a classic work examining the theological doctrines, popular notions, and corresponding symbols and images promoting and sustain
The Turners contend that pilgrimage is a major socioreligious phenomenon and thus worthy of anthropological study. This fine book deserves a wide readership."-- "International Journal of Comparative Sociology" . Praise for the previous edition: "Like Turner's other books, this one admirably fuses a symbolic, cognitive approach to culture with a social functionalist one. Like his other books as well, this one is as accessible to novice undergraduates as to specialists in anthropology and religion."-- "Choice""This book is a fine combination of scholarship and readability