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Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan
Contributor(s): Ackermann, Peter (Editor), Martinez, Dolores (Editor), Rodriguez del Alisal, Maria (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0415323185     ISBN-13: 9780415323185
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $161.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2007
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This exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with the sacred, in a variety of interesting dimensions in both historical and contemporary Japanese culture, linked by the unifying theme of a spiritual quest.

Several fascinating new approaches to traditional forms of pilgrimage are put forward by a wide range of specialists in anthropology, religion and cultural studies, who set Japanese pilgrimage in a wider comparative perspective. They apply models of pilgrimage to quests for vocational fulfilment, examining cases as diverse as the civil service, painting and poetry, and present ethnographies of contemporary reconstructions of old spiritual quests, as conflicting (and sometimes global) demands impinge on the time and space of would-be pilgrims.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - Japan
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
- Social Science | Regional Studies
Dewey: 203.509
LCCN: 2006028070
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.41" W x 9.28" L (0.99 lbs) 206 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Cultural Region - Japanese
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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This exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with the sacred, in a variety of interesting dimensions in both historical and contemporary Japanese culture, linked by the unifying theme of a spiritual quest.

Several fascinating new approaches to traditional forms of pilgrimage are put forward by a wide range of specialists in anthropology, religion and cultural studies, who set Japanese pilgrimage in a wider comparative perspective. They apply models of pilgrimage to quests for vocational fulfilment, examining cases as diverse as the civil service, painting and poetry, and present ethnographies of contemporary reconstructions of old spiritual quests, as conflicting (and sometimes global) demands impinge on the time and space of would-be pilgrims.
 
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