The tomb of Christ at Jerusalem was a vital influence in the making of Western Europe. Pilgrimage there influenced the development of society and its structures. The desire to "bring the Sepulchre to the West" in copies or memorials shaped art and religion, while the ambition to control Christ's tomb was a central objective of the crusades. Western Europe responded to the loss of Jerusalem by creating a new pilgrimage to the East, by making kingdoms "holy lands" for their subjects, and by creating new pilgrim centers at home. This book brings together social, political, and religious themes...

Pilgrimage was a central feature of medieval English life which affected history, politics, art and literature. The shrines were destroyed during the Reformation and pilgrimage stopped, yet the idea of pilgrimage continued--refashioned - in Protestant theology. By reaching beyond the Reformation to explore the transformation of the idea of the pilgrim, this book confronts the religious experience of the English laity over half a millennium. In a series of ground-breaking studies the contributors challenge many orthodox assumptions about English pilgrims and their history.

Have you ever wondered about what will happen to you when you die - whether your spirit and flesh will separate according to Christian doctrine or some other philosophy of religion? In this intriguing and well-thought out volume, Colin Morris explores the possibilities of afterlife experience from many points of view, as it appears in the biblical mysteries, and in the beliefs of many occult and supernatural enthusiasts across the world. He looks at the possibility of inspiration and incarnation as theorised by physicists and science fiction writers, and does it all in an optimistic and...

Include Me Out is Colin Morris's outspoken attempt to straighten out some of the church's problems. When a man dies of starvation only a few yards from the author's front door, it makes him realize that the whole problem of Christian unity has grown out of all proportion and is of no real importance compared with the problem of the world's starving peoples. He shows how the church has failed to help those most in need and has changed the fight for unity into a fight for survival.

Include Me Out is Colin Morris's outspoken attempt to straighten out some of the church's problems. When a man dies of starvation only a few yards from the author's front door, it makes him realize that the whole problem of Christian unity has grown out of all proportion and is of no real importance compared with the problem of the world's starving peoples. He shows how the church has failed to help those most in need and has changed the fight for unity into a fight for survival.