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Author | : Ian Reader |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2021-06-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0197573614 |
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The Shikoku pilgrimage, a 1400 kilometre, eighty-eight temple circuit around Japan's fourth largest island, takes around forty days by foot, or one week by car. Historically, Buddhist ascetics walked it without ceasing, creating a tradition of unending pilgrimage that continues in the present era, both by pilgrims on foot and by others in cars. Some spend decades walking the pilgrimage, while others drive it repeatedly, completing hundreds of pilgrimage circuits. Most are retired and make the pilgrimage the centre of their post-work lives. Others who work full-time spend their holidays and weekends as pilgrims. Some have only done the pilgrimage a few times but already imagine themselves as unending pilgrims and intend to do it "until we die". They talk happily of being addicted and having Shikokuby?, 'Shikoku illness', portraying this 'illness' and addiction as blessings. Featuring extensive fieldwork and interviews, this study of Japan's most famous Buddhist pilgrimage presents new theoretical perspectives on pilgrimage in general, along with rich ethnographic examples of pilgrimage practices in contemporary Japan. Pilgrims Until We Die counteracts normative portrayals of pilgrimage as a transient activity, defined by a temporary leave of absence from home to visit sacred places outside the parameters of everyday life, showing that many participants view pilgrimage as a way of creating a sense of home and permanence on the road. Examining how obsession, devotion, and a sense of addiction aided by modern developments and economic factors have created a culture of recurrent pilgrimage, Pilgrims Until We Die challenges standard understandings of pilgrimage.
Author | : Nathaniel HARDY (Dean of Rochester.) |
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Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1666 |
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Download The Pilgrim's Wish; or, the Saint's longing discussed in a sermon on Phil. i. 23 preached ... at the funeral of Mrs. A. Dudson, ... 1658 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John Bunyan |
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Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1820 |
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Author | : William Haslam |
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Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Download Personal Experience; Being Lectures on Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Paul Elie |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 2004-03-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780374529215 |
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Elie tells the story of four modern American Catholics who made literature out of their search for God: Thomas Merton; Dorothy Day; Walker Percy; and Flannery OConnor.
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Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1903 |
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Author | : J. Gordon Mowat |
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Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 1903 |
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Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 1903 |
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Author | : Susanna Gregory |
Publisher | : Sphere |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2010-11-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0748124519 |
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The sixteenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series. When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the College is accused of foul play. At the same time, Cambridge is plagued by a mystery thief, who is targeting rich pilgrims. Moreover, pranksters are at large in the University, staging a series of practical jokes that are growing increasingly dangerous, and that are dividing scholars into bitterly opposed factions. Bartholomew and Michael soon learn that their various mysteries are connected, and it becomes a race against time to catch the killer-thief before the University explodes into a violent conflict that could destroy it forever. 'A first-rate treat for mystery lovers' (Historical Novels Review) 'Susanna Gregory has an extraordinary ability to conjure up a strong sense of time and place' (Choice)
Author | : Chelsea Quinn Yarbro |
Publisher | : Tor Books |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2013-07-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466807717 |
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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's first Saint-Germain novel, Hotel Transylvania, was recently nominated as Vampire Novel of the Century. Her Saint-Germain cycle, now comprised of more than twenty-five books, is a masterwork of historical horror fiction. The vampire Count Saint-Germain has crisscrossed the world many times, seeking love and the blood of life and seeing humanity at its best and worst. In Night Pilgrims, Saint-Germain is living in a monastery in Egypt when he is hired to guide a group of pilgrims to underground churches in southern Egypt. The vampire finds a companion in a lovely widow who later fears that her dalliance with the Count will prevent her from reaching Heaven. The pilgrims begin to fall prey to the trials of travel in the Holy Lands; some see visions and hear the word of God; others are seduced by desires for riches and power. A visit to the Chapel of the Holy Grail brings many quarrels to a head; Saint-Germain must use all his diplomacy and a good deal of his strength to keep the pilgrims from slaughtering one another. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.