Can Pilgrimage Fail? Intent, Efficacy, and Evangelical Trips to the Holy Land
Many scholars have debated the potential results of pilgrimage, but few have tracked how pre-trip goals actually relate to post-trip outcomes. Based on research with US evangelicals, this article argues that, despite being confronted with the possibility of disrupted meaning, nearly every pilgrim co...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Carfax Publ.
[2016]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Année: 2016, Volume: 31, Numéro: 3, Pages: 393-408 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Palestine
/ Mouvement évangélique
/ Pèlerinage
/ Échec
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Israël
B Holy Land B Pilgrimage B Evangelical B evangelical Christian B Failure B tour |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | Many scholars have debated the potential results of pilgrimage, but few have tracked how pre-trip goals actually relate to post-trip outcomes. Based on research with US evangelicals, this article argues that, despite being confronted with the possibility of disrupted meaning, nearly every pilgrim comes to see the trip as a success. To understand why, I draw on studies that frame Christian rituals as processes that are partial and in flux. Firstly, I explore how gendered notions of relationality affect perceptions of efficacy and lead to multiple goal-setting. Secondly, I show how the journey is couched within broader epistemologies that define a Christian life as incremental improvements, where one grows' with God. Thus the meaning making associated with pilgrimage is never fully complete, but is compelled into a future where further interpretations and presumed successes are inchoate. Ultimately, the belief in future meaning is as importantperhaps more sothan immediate ritual success. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2016.1206254 |