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Looking for Mary Magdalene

Alternative Pilgrimage and Ritual Creativity at Catholic Shrines in France [Paperback]

by Anna Fedele

    • Author

      Anna Fedele

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      November 2012

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      Product Description

      Anne Fedele offers a comprehensive ethnography of alternative pilgrimages to French Catholic shrines dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing on more than three years of extensive fieldwork, she describes how pilgrims from Italy, Spain, Britain, and the United States interpret Catholic figures, symbols, and sites according to spiritual theories and practices derived from the transnational Neopagan movement. Fedele pays particular attention to the life stories of the pilgrims, the crafted rituals they perform, and the spiritual-esoteric literature they draw upon. She examines how they devise their rituals; why this kind of spirituality is increasingly prevalent in the West; and the influence of anthropological literature on the pilgrims. Among these pilgrims, spirituality is lived and negotiated in interaction with each other and with textual sources: Jungian psychology, Goddess mythology, and "indigenous" traditions merge into a corpus of theories and practices centered upon the worship of divinities such as the Goddess, Mother Earth, and the sacralization of the reproductive cycle.The pilgrims' rituals present a critique of the Roman Catholic Church and the medical establishment and have critical implications for contemporary discourses on gender. Looking for Mary Magdalene is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in ritual and pilgrimage.

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      • Author

        Anna Fedele

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        November 2012

      • Weight

        364g

      • Page Count

        336

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 20 mm

      • ISBN

        9780199898428

      • ISBN-10

        0199898421

      • Eden Code

        4038583

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      • Author/Creator: Anna Fedele

      • ISBN: 9780199898428

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: November 2012

      • Weight: 364g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 20 mm

      • Eden Code: 4038583

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