Pilgrimage beyond the Officially Sacred - 9780367441197

Taylor & Francis

Pilgrimage beyond the Officially SacredUnderstanding the Geographies of Religion and Spirituality in Sacred Travel\nAuthor(s): Michael A. Di Giovine, Jaeyeon Choe\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367441197, 978-0367441197\nSynopsis\nPilgrimage beyond the Officially Sacred: Understanding the Geographies of Religion and Spirituality in Sacred Travel examines the many ways in which pilgrimage engages with sacredness, delving beyond the officially recognized, and often religiously conceived, pilgrimage sites. \n\nAs scholarship examining the lived experiences of pilgrims and tourists has demonstrated, pilgrimage need not be religious in nature, nor be officially sanctioned; rather, they can be 'hyper-meaningful' voyages, set apart from the everyday profane lifein a word, they are sacred. Separating the social category of 'religion' from the 'sacred,' this volume brings together a multidisciplinary group of scholars e.