The first book to cover the fascinating story of Jewish pilgrimage from its mythic beginnings to current times. The history and breadth of Jewish pilgrimage traditions is rich and varied. Here the authors tell the fascinating, and sometimes harrowing, story of Jewish pilgrimage from the beginnings of Judaism to the present time. They trace the history of Jewish pilgrimage and show how the repeated cycles of exile and return to Israel serve the Jews as a kind of pilgrimage in reverse. This lively account is sure to appeal to anyone interested in religious pilgrimage, tourism, and travel. From Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, to the tombs of King David, Rachel, and Joseph, from Galilee to Curacao, Jewish pilgrims seek out spiritual transcendence, a return to their roots, communion with those who have gone before, and connection to their common heritage as they visit holy shrines, important synagogues around the world, Nazi death camps, and the graves of leaders, among other places. But what makes these places holy? And what purpose do the pilgrimages serve? How has recent unrest in the Middle East contributed to, or detracted from, modern Jewish pilgrimage and its future? comprehensive historical overview of Jewish pilgrimage. It includes photographs of sites discussed in the book. It is the first book that looks exclusively at Jewish pilgrimage in its entirety. It also considers the current situation in the Middle East and the current state of Jewish pilgrimage.

The first casebook in English on the phenomenon that sent Europe walking in the Middle Ages on the arduous road to Santiago de Compostela, the legendary burial place of St James. Among other themes the book examines the huge literature base on the pilgrimage, the music it inspired and how the World Wide Web can now give us the virtual reality of the pilgrimage in words, sounds and images.

Nine new studies address the phenomenon of the medieval pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, the legendary burying place of St. James.

In Pure, Linda Kay Klein uses a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir to take us "inside religious purity culture as only one who grew up in it can" (Gloria Steinem) and reveals the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's views on female sexuality has had on a generation of young women. In the 1990s, a "purity industry" emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual "stumbling blocks" for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls-resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-and trapped them in a cycle of shame. This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with. Fearing being marked a Jezebel, Klein broke up with her high school boyfriend because she thought God told her to and took pregnancy tests despite being a virgin, terrified that any sexual activity would be punished with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. When the youth pastor of her church was convicted of sexual enticement of a twelve-year-old girl, Klein began to question purity-based sexual ethics. She contacted young women she knew, asking if they were coping with the same shame-induced issues she was. These intimate conversations developed into a twelve-year quest that took her across the country and into the lives of women raised in similar religious communities-a journey that facilitated her own healing and led her to churches that are seeking a new way to reconcile sexuality and spirituality. Pure is "a revelation... Part memoir and part journalism, Pure is a horrendous, granular, relentless, emotionally true account" (The Cut) of society's larger subjugation of women and the role the purity industry played in maintaining it. Offering a prevailing message of resounding hope and encouragement, "Pure emboldens us to escape toxic misogyny and experience a fresh breath of freedom" (Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and founder of Together Rising).

Qui sont les femmes legendaires qui ont faconne la radio au Canada ? Comment qualifier leur contribution locale, regionale et nationale? En quoi leur experience de la radiodiffusion differe-t-elle de celle propre a leurs homologues masculins ? Women in Radio presente les femmes qui ont mene une carriere dans l'industrie de la radio, et dont les contributions ont souvent ete negligees simplement parce qu'elles etaient des femmes. Ce recueil de textes met en lumiere leurs contributions multiples et diversifiees dans ce domaine et analyse les enjeux qui en decoulent. Recherche academique, entrevues, reflexions et recits personnels, comptes rendus historiques et textes hybrides se melangent parfaitement dans cet ouvrage eclectique, mais rigoureusement documente, pour illustrer le rythme effrene si caracteristique de la radiodiffusion. Grace a l'art de raconter des histoires, a des citations directes ou a des transcriptions pour lecture a voix haute, le lecteur se fera une excellente idee de la nature orale de la radio, de la voix non accompagnee, du pur " spoken word " et de la maniere dont il se distingue du mot imprime. Publie en anglais.

Qui sont les femmes legendaires qui ont faconne la radio au Canada ? Comment qualifier leur contribution locale, regionale et nationale? En quoi leur experience de la radiodiffusion differe-t-elle de celle propre a leurs homologues masculins ? Women in Radio presente les femmes qui ont mene une carriere dans l'industrie de la radio, et dont les contributions ont souvent ete negligees simplement parce qu'elles etaient des femmes. Ce recueil de textes met en lumiere leurs contributions multiples et diversifiees dans ce domaine et analyse les enjeux qui en decoulent. Recherche academique, entrevues, reflexions et recits personnels, comptes rendus historiques et textes hybrides se melangent parfaitement dans cet ouvrage eclectique, mais rigoureusement documente, pour illustrer le rythme effrene si caracteristique de la radiodiffusion. Grace a l'art de raconter des histoires, a des citations directes ou a des transcriptions pour lecture a voix haute, le lecteur se fera une excellente idee de la nature orale de la radio, de la voix non accompagnee, du pur " spoken word " et de la maniere dont il se distingue du mot imprime. Publie en anglais.