The enormous rise in popularity in recent decades of the Camino,
the ancient pilgrim path that stretches from France, across
northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela, is part of a wider
phenomenon being witnessed on other time-honoured pilgrim routes
around the globe and across the faiths. But this is happening in a
world that in many places is self-avowedly ever more sceptical,
secular and scientific, with formal religious affiliation in steep
decline. Why? Some argue that tourism is the new religion, and that
those who today walk in the footsteps of countless past generations
of believers do so to enjoy the holiday experience, the escape from
their everyday world, the health benefits of so much exercise, and
the companionship, without seeking any sort of spiritual
enlightenment. Yet by looking at a diverse range of pilgrimage
sites that includes Rome, Jerusalem, Lalibela in Ethiopia, the
Buddha Trail in northern India, Shikoku in Japan and the
self-styled 'power place' of Machu Picchu in Peru, Peter Stanford
draws on his own experience as a pilgrim to argue that something
more complex and challenging is going on. Financial crises,
increasing inequality, climate change and worldwide pandemics are
causing people to question the very foundations on which their post
religion, twenty-first-century lives are built. This book considers
how pilgrimage, with its long history, essential intertwining of
arduous journey and openness to personal transformation, is
providing the modern age with a means to take a longer, slower and
hence more profound look at life, stretching all the way back to
when the first pilgrim put one foot in front of another. With 26
illustrations, 21 in colour
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