Pilgrimage and Ancestors: the importance of return

Drawing on ethnographic material from pilgrimages on West Java I argue that understandings of pilgrimage will benefit from including the return home in order to fully appreciate the meaning it holds for pilgrims. If we include into the study an extensive period after coming home, it facilitates situ...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hellman, Jörgen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2019]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-10
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Java (West) / Pilgrimage / Ancestors / Family / Return home
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Pilgrimage
B West Java
B Ancestors
B return
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
Volltext (kostenfrei)