Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity

Elsner, Jaś; Rutherford, Ian

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“…In Medieval Europe, to go on a pilgrimage was to engage in a timeless ritual, or to ask for divine intercession or healing for oneself or another, reasons still evoked at some modern Catholic sanctuaries (Nolan and Nolan 1989;Ousterhout 1990). On the other hand, in Classical Greece and Rome, other types of motivations were common: These included initiation into a particular mystery cult or consultation with an oracle to learn about the future (Dillon 1997;Elsner and Rutherford 2005). The combination of the travel -the physical exertion and the changing landscapewith expectations about the sacredness and ritual significance of the destination, probably led the individual into states of mind susceptible both to unusual ideas and to the experience of intense affect (Belayche 1987;Markus 1994).…”

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Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to Go On Pilgrimage

Farias

Coleman

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Sociology of Religion

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In the past thirty years the camino to Santiago de Compostela has been recreated as an eclectic pilgrimage, open to both religious and atheist travellers. Following previous work on motivational orientations and religion (Farias and Lalljee 2008), we conducted a study examining atheist vs. religious pilgrims' motivations to walk the Santiago way. We assessed pilgrims (N = 360) at various parts of the northern Spanish camino using a questionnaire that measured motivations to go on pilgrimage. In addition, we measured levels of positive and negative affect, physical exertion and emotional problems. Atheists scored significantly lower on Community and Religious types of motivations. However, in several measures no differences were found between groups. We suggest that both atheist and religious pilgrims are exploring forms of horizontal and vertical transcendence characterised by a desire to connect to nature and one's deeper self.

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Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to Go On Pilgrimage

Farias

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Bartlett

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Sociology of Religion

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“…Rutherford (2003;2006), J. Elsner (2006) andD. Frankfurter (1998) highlight connections between graffiti, devotional behaviors and acts of pilgrimage.…”

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Tagging sacred space in the Dura-Europos synagogue

Stern¹

2012

J. Roman archaeol.

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“…On pilgrimage in the ancient world, see esp. Elsner and Rutherford (2005); Luginbühl (2015); Kristensen and Friese (2017). 15 See among many others: Chaniotis (1995) and; ; Luginbühl (2015); Stavrianopoulou (2015).…”

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Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor

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2021

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Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity

Cited by 25 publications

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Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to Go On Pilgrimage

Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to Go On Pilgrimage

Tagging sacred space in the Dura-Europos synagogue

Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor

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