Pilgrim Stories - On Off Road to Santiago, Journeys Along an Ancient Way in Modern

Informationen zum Autor Nancy Louise Frey is an anthropologist and writer. She lives on the Galician coast in Spain. Klappentext "Reading Pilgrim Stories is as close as one will ever get to the sights, sounds, anxieties, pains and deeper meanings of the Santiago pilgrimage, short of making the pilgrimage oneself. This is probably the most comprehensive as well as the most vivid account of the pilgrimage ever written. . . . A triumph of anthropological fieldwork unraveling a fine web of cultural and spiritual meanings."—Robert Bellah, author of Habits of the Heart "The best thing about this book is the author's ear and attentiveness. She takes her often confused and disoriented subjects seriously, and in her reporting allows us to glimpse the dissatisfactions and frustrations of the contemporary West."—William A. Christian, Jr., author of Visionaries Zusammenfassung Yearly thousands of men and women from more than 60 countries journey by foot and bicycle across northern Spain. Their destination is Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of the apostle James are said to be buried. This book deals with these modern-day pilgrims and the role of the pilgrimage in their lives.

Product details

• Authors: FREY, Nancy Louise Frey, Frey Nancy Louise
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.1998
• EAN: 9780520217515
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21751-5
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Travel; Spain, RELIGION / Christianity / General, TRAVEL / Europe / Spain & Portugal, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Travel & holiday, Christianity, Travel and holiday, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals