Pilgrimage as Transformative Process

The Movement from Fractured to Integrated
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-37339-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 109, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

Reihe: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries

The construct of transformation has emerged as a prominent theme in academic discourse. Based on the accepted notion that processes and living organisms are in an ongoing state of development, it is unsurprising that this concept of transformation would find resonance within literature on the pilgrimage phenomenon. Examples of transformational processes intersecting with pilgrimage are the movement from sickness to wellness, from grief to closure and from fractured to integrated. That the pilgrimage journey itself can be construed as a transformational quest was noted by Winkleman and Dubisch (2005), who stated “Life-transforming experiences are at the core of both ‘traditional’ and more contemporary forms of pilgrimage”. In the current volume, Warfield and Hetherington examine the transformational process of pilgrimage journeys.

Contributors are Sharenda Holland Barlar, Anne M. Blankenship, Valentina Bold, Shirley du Plooy, Alexandria M. Egler, Miguel Tain Guzman, Kate Hetherington, Scott Libson, Chadwick Co Sy Su, Kip Redick, Roy Tamashiro and Heather A. Warfield.

Autoren/Hrsg.

A Warfield, Heather

Hetherington, Kate

Fachgebiete

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Pilgrimage as Transformative Process

Heather A. Warfield and Kate Hetherington

Part 1: Transformation of Pilgrimage Perspectives

1 Substantive, Non-Substantive and Ontogenetic Perspectives on Pilgrimages

Shirley du Plooy

2 Pilgrimage as Religiously Educative

Alexandria M. Egler

3 From Existential to Ideological Communitas: Can Pilgrimage Connect and Transform the World?

Heather A. Warfield

Part 2: Identity, Self and Wellbeing Transformation

4 Peace Pilgrimage as Transformative Learning and Identity Redefinition

Roy Tamashiro

5 Living and Letting Live, Reframing Atheist Travel into Understanding Cultural Differences

Chadwick Co SY SU

6 The Camino de Santiago and Wellbeing: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Pilgrimage Experiences of Australian Women

Kate Hetherington

7 Sensuous Encounter Where Journey and Festival Meet: A Phenomenology of Pilgrimage

Kip Redick

Part 3: Historical and Communal Transformation

8 Modern Influences along an Ancient Way: Pilgrimage and Globalization

Sharenda Holland Barlar

9 The Iconography of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela: Types, Nationalities and Authors of the Views of the Basilica at the End of the Way of Saint James

Miguel Taín Guzmán

10 Pilgrimage to the Japanese American Incarceration Camps: Deploying Collective Memory for Social Justice and Communal Healing

Anne M. Blankenship

11 ‘Our Sacred Effort—Find Your Place in God’s Story’: Southern Baptist Global Missions and Evangelical Pilgrimage

Scott Libson

12 The Whithorn Way: Twenty-First Century Pilgrimage in Scotland

Valentina Bold

Über Autor(innen)

Heather A. Warfield, Ph.D. (2013), North Carolina State University, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Antioch University. She has published articles on the therapeutic value of pilgrimage and pilgrimage as healing from military combat. Her research is focused on pilgrimage as a psychological universal and the intersection of pilgrimage and wellbeing.

Kate Hetherington, BSc (Hons) Psychology (1st Class) (2016), is an independent researcher within the domain of psychology. Her research focuses on the phenomenon of pilgrimage and its relationship with health and wellbeing.