Looking for Mary Magdalene : alternative pilgrimage and ritual creativity at Catholic shrines in France

Anne Fedele provides a detailed ethnography of alternative pilgrimages to Catholic shrines in contemporary France that are dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene or house black Madonna statues. Based on more than three years of fieldwork it describes the way in which pilgrims with a Christian background...

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Weitere Titel:
Oxford ritual studies series
Looking for Mary Magdalene
1. Verfasser:
Fedele, Anna
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Zusammenfassung:
Anne Fedele provides a detailed ethnography of alternative pilgrimages to Catholic shrines in contemporary France that are dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene or house black Madonna statues. Based on more than three years of fieldwork it describes the way in which pilgrims with a Christian background from Italy, Spain, Britain and the United States interpret Catholic figures, symbols and sites according to spiritual theories and practices derived from the transnational Neopagan movement.
Umfang:
1 online resource : ill., maps.
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford ritual studies Looking for Mary Magdalene
Schlagworte:
Mary Magdalene, > Saint
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