Although there has been a massive increase in the volume of pilgrimage research and publications, traditional Anglophone scholarship has been dominated by research in Western Europe and North America. In their previous edited volume, International Perspectives on Pilgrimage Stud…
Tibet's Mount Kailas is one of the world's great pilgrimage centres, renowned as an ancient sacred site that embodies a universal sacrality. But 'Kailas histories: Renunciate traditions and the construction of Himalayan sacred geography' demonstrates that this understanding is a…
"During the Heian period, the sacred mountain Kinpusen came to prominence as a pilgrimage destination for the most powerful men in Japan--the Fujiwara regents and the retired emperors. This book depicts their trek from the capital to the rocky summit, as well as the imaginative …
"During the Heian period, the sacred mountain Kinpusen came to prominence as a pilgrimage destination for the most powerful men in Japan--the Fujiwara regents and the retired emperors. This book depicts their trek from the capital to the rocky summit, as well as the imaginative …
Pilgrims and sacred sites in China
by Naquin, Susan, Yü, Chün-fang
fromStudies on China