Local Identities and Transnational Cults Within Europe.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781786392541
- 203.5094
- G156.5.R44 .L633 2018
Intro -- Half Title -- CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Local Identity and Transnational Cults -- 2 Continuity from Local Cult to 'Accepted' Ritual -- 3 Developing Pilgrimage Itineraries: The Way of St Francis in Umbria as Case in Point -- 4 Pilgrimage, Religious Tourism and Heritage in Calabria -- 5 Fighting for the Saint: Ritual Rivalries in Traditional Pilgrimages -- 6 Chinese Migrations and Pilgrimages around Prato (Italy) and Wenzhou (China) -- 7 Globalizing Romani Culture: The Pilgrimage to the Sea in Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France) -- 8 The Cult of Señor de los Milagros of Peruvians in Italy -- 9 Cultural Diversity in a Local French Pilgrimage -- 10 Mixing Sport and Religion in the Landes Area of France -- 11 An Ethnology of the Foreign Traveller to the Shrine of St Nicholas of Bari, Italy -- 12 Healing Tourists with Religion: Saint Rita's Cult in Poland -- 13 A Transnational Cult: St Rita of Cascia -- 14 Saint Rita of Cascia: An Evolving Devotion in Dublin's Inner City -- 15 Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Index -- Back Cover.
This book explores the central role of ordinary people in the popularisation of faith-based practices, illustrating: religious tourism as an expression of cultural identity, the interrelationship of cultural groups and the overall formation of culture and society.
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