It is indeed a fine and novel study of pilgrimage in Norway, with interesting nuances and rich source materials. The book is written in an engaging language free of theological jargon, and it is both thought-provoking and interesting. It's well worth the read.
Marion Grau is Professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Missiology at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society in Oslo, Norway. Her teaching interests are in constructive theology and her current research projects include the redevelopment of pilgrimage and the reshaping of identity in Norway and a Theology of petroleum economies and climate change in the Northern hemisphere. She is the author of Refiguring Theological Hermeneutics: Hermes, Trickster, Fool, Rethinking Mission in the Postcolony: Salvation, Society, and Subversion, and Of Divine Economy: Refinancing Redemption.