Reviewed by Jackie Feldman (Ben Gurion University). On each trip, certain interpenetrations are articulated and shaped by group leaders, Many, however, are not. At the back of the bus, pilgrims make the experience meaningful in ways that guides and tour operators may not expect and cannot predict
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Kaell, “Walking Where Jesus Walked: American Christians and Holy Land Pilgrimage”
Kaell, Hillary. 2014. Walking Where Jesus Walked: American Christians and Holy Land Pilgrimage. New York: New York University Press. Publisher’s Description: Since the 1950s, …
Di Goivine, “Padre Pio for sale: Souvenirs, Relics, or Identity markers”
Di Goivine, Michael. 2012. “Padre Pio for sale: Souvenirs, Relics, or Identity markers.” International Journal of Tourism Anthropology 2(2):108-127. Abstract: Based …
Weibel, “Blind in a Land of Visionaries”
Weibel, Deana. 2012. Blind in a Land of Visionaries: When a Non-Pilgrim Studies Pilgrimage. In Missionary Impositions: Conversion, Resistance, and …
Jansen and Notermans, eds.,”Gender Nation and Religion in European Pilgrimage”
Jansen, Willy and Catrien Notermans, eds. (2012) Gender Nation and Religion in European Pilgrimage. Surrey: Ashgate Press. Publisher’s Description: Old pilgrimage …
Kaell, “Trash Talk: US Pilgrims in Israel-Palestine”
Kaell, Hillary (2012) “Trash Talk: US Pilgrims in Israel-Palestine.” Anthropology News 53(8):12-13. Opening Paragraph: “Each year nearly 300,000 US Christians walk …
Kaell, “Of gifts and grandchildren: American Holy Land souvenirs”
Kaell, Hillary (2012) “Of gifts and grandchildren: American Holy Land souvenirs.” Journal of Material Culture. 17(2):133–151 Abstract: Despite significant scholarship in anthropology and tourism …
Coleman, “Encountering the archive”
Coleman, Simon (2012) “Encountering the archive.” The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/08/24/encountering-the-archive/ (accessed August 24, 2012). Excerpt: Where on earth to begin with the …
Howell, “Short-Term Mission: An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience”
Howell, Brian (2012) Short-Term Mission: An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience. Downers Groves, Illinois: IVP Academic Press. Publisher’s …
Coleman, “Memory as Absence and Presence: Pilgrimage, ‘Archeo-Theology,’ and the Creativity of Destruction”
Coleman, Simon. 2012. “Memory as Absence and Presence: Pilgrimage, “Archeo-Theology,“ and the Creativity of Destruction. Journeys 13(1):1-20 Abstract: This article explores forms …