Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index.
Introduction : pilgrimage as a liminoid phenomenon -- Mexican pilgrimages : myth and history -- St. Patrick's purgatory : religion and nationalism in an archaic pilgrimage -- Iconophily and iconoclasm in Marian pilgrimage -- Locality and universality in medieval pilgrimages -- Apparitions, messages, and miracles : postindustrial Marian pilgrimage -- Notes on processual symbolic analysis -- Chronology of Lough Derg pilgrimage.
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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.