Encountering the Sacred : The Debate on Christian Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity Hardback
by Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony
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This innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity--the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world--by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time.
Asking how the emerging notion of a sacred geography challenged the leading intellectuals and ecclesiastical authorities, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony deftly reshapes our understanding of early Christian mentalities by unraveling the process by which a territory of grace became a territory of power. Examining ancient writers' responses to the rising practice of pilgrimage, Bitton-Ashkelony offers a nuanced reading of their thinking on the merits and the demerits of pilgrimage, revealing theological and ecclesiastical motivations that have been overlooked, and questioning the long-held assumption of scholars that pilgrimage was only a popular, not an elite, religious practice.
In addition to Greek and Latin sources, she includes Syriac material, which allows her to build a rich picture of the emerging theology of landscape that took shape over the fourth to sixth centuries.
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- Pages:270 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:30/12/2005
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:270 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:30/12/2005
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- ISBN:9780520241916