Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	2009
Editors:	Peter Ackermann • Dolores Martinez • Maria Rodriguez del Alisal
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-48133-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-48133-3
Barcode:	9780415481335

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