Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy
By: edited by René Gothóni
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9783034301619
Notes: "Papers ... delivered at an international symposium entitled "Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy" convened in Helsinki in 2008"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pilgrimage : three theoretical Interpretations / René Gothóni; title: Pilgrimage and the blessings of place-making : reflections on and beyond the anthropology of pilgrimage / Simon Coleman; title: In search of learning and holiness : Scandinavians going abroad from the Middle Ages to the present / Jakob Christensson; title: In the sphere of the holy : pilgrimage to a contemporary Greek convent / Mari-Johanna Rahkala; title: St. Petersburg Datsan : the northernmost Buddhist temple in Europe / Alexandre I. Andreyev; title: Pilgrimage as business in traditional India / Klaus Karttunen; title: Pouring water on Śiva : the case of Tarakeswar pilgrims / Rikka Uuksulainen; title: The way is the goal : Buddhist circulatory pilgrimage in Japan with special reference to selected artefacts / Michael Pye; title: Traditional Tibetan pilgrimage and the eight holy sites of Rebgong / Wuqi Chenaktsang; title: A dead man's pilgrimage : the legend of the Wutun people in Amdo / Juha A. Janhunen; title: Tourism, pilgrimage, and the fluidity of material culture in Labrang/Xiahe / Juha Komppa; title: Tibetan Buddhist nuns : Damcho Pema's prostrating pilgrimage to Lhasa / Lhundrub Dorji; title: Some remarks on understanding the motives of Tibetan nuns / Mitra Hirkinen.