Pilgrims Until We Die: Unending Pilgrimage in Shikoku

ISBN-13: 9780197573594 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

Ian Reader; John Shultz

Recenzje

Reader and Shultz's argument for looking at pilgrimage from an immersive perspective is convincing...The title of their book, Pilgrims Until We Die, sounds like a heartfelt pledge to which both Reader and Shultz could be understood to subscribe themselves.

O autorze

Ian Reader is Professor Emeritus at the University of Manchester, where he was previously Professor of Japanese Studies. He has also held academic positions in Scotland, Hawaii, Denmark, and Japan. He has written widely on religion in Japan, and on issues related to the study of pilgrimage. Among his recent books are Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese "New" Religion with Erica Baffelli, Health-Related Votive Tablets from Japan: Ema for Healing and Well-being, co-authored with Peter de Smet, Pilgrimage: A Very Short Introduction, and Pilgrimage in the Marketplace. John Shultz is Associate Professor of Asian Religion and Philosophy at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters concerning religion in contemporary Japan, including such topics as first-person pilgrimage accounts, new media and religion, and mountain ascetic practice.