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Geography of World Pilgrimages

Social, Cultural and Territorial Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Lucrezia Lopez

    1. Geography, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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  • Portrays up to date research about pilgrimage phenomenon, exploring it as a polysemic field
  • Presents theories and case studies to stimulate reflection and action
  • Includes recent dynamics (associated to the Covid-19 pandemic) and new pilgrimage destinations

Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: Geography of World Pilgrimages. Social, Cultural and Territorial Perspectives

    • Lucrezia Lopez
    Pages 1-11

  4. Geography of Pilgrimages: Landscapes, Rituals and Embodiment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Prayer of the Body: Located Corporeal Practices on the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Ireland

      • Richard Scriven
      Pages 115-130

    3. The Psychological ‘Geography’ and Therapeutic ‘Topography’ of the Norwegian St. Olav Way

      • Nanna Natalia Jørgensen
      Pages 131-154

    4. Sacred Mobilities, Movement, and Embodiment in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century English Christian Funeral Procession

      • Cynthia Nkiruka Anyadi
      Pages 155-169

    5. The Ancient Routes of Kumano in Japan as a Cultural Landscape: A Multidimensional Approach

      • Katsuyuki Takenaka
      Pages 171-196

    6. Maya Pilgrimage, Ritual Landscapes, and Relations with Deities in Chiapas, Mexico

      • Joel W. Palka, Josuhé Lozada Toledo, Ramón Folch González
      Pages 197-218

  5. Contemporary and Future Pilgrimage Directions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. The Post-contemporary Way of St. James and Its Future

      • Lucrezia Lopez, Rubén C. Lois González
      Pages 221-261

    3. (Re)Invention of the Way of Saint James Between Religion and Poetry: The Way of Faith and the Way of Cora Coralina in Brazil

      • Lisandra L. Carvalho Passos, Mirian Rejowski
      Pages 263-279

    4. Planning a Pilgrimage Route: Public Policies and Actors to Develop the Via Francigena in Italy

      • Rossella Moscarelli
      Pages 281-295

    5. Geography of Hindu Pilgrimage Places (Tīrthas) in India

      • Rana P. B. Singh, Pravin S. Rana
      Pages 297-322

    6. Pilgrimage During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Do Mitigation Plans Lead to Greening of the Pilgrimage?

      • Islam Elgammal
      Pages 323-337

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 339-368
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About this book

This book points out how pilgrimage studies rely on interdisciplinary academic interests, being always more determined by anthropological, social, cultural and economic factors. The volume gathers interdisciplinary contributions revealing different approaches and academic interests when researching pilgrimage. Finally, the proposal introduces a comparative international breath to reflect upon such complex phenomenon that since Antiquity still impregnates the history of human being across the world. 

As pilgrimage studies are closely related to mobility issues, how the contemporary mobile world is altering and re-signifying pilgrimage dynamics and meanings will also be discussed in detail. The term “pilgrimage” evokes key concepts deriving from different fields, all of them collected in the final glossary.


The primary audience of this work are academics and researchers from different fields involved in pilgrimage studies. The work may also be useful in teaching (advanced) university courses.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geography, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Lucrezia Lopez

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