Kinship and pilgrimage: rituals of reunion in american protestant culture
Auteur :
Neville, Gwen Kennedy
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195300338
Date de publication :
27 avr. 2005
Dimensions :
14,0 x 21,3 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
235 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The twin concepts of kinship and pilgrimage have deep roots in Protestant culture. This cultural anthropological study, drawing on fieldwork in Scotland and the American South, argues that in Reformed Protestantism, the Catholic custom of making pilgrimages to sacred spots has been replaced by the custom of "reunion"