{"product_id":"looking-for-mary-magdalene-alternative-pilgrimage-and-ritual-creativity-at-catholic-shrines-in-france-9780199898428","title":"Looking for Mary Magdalene: Alternative Pilgrimage and Ritual Creativity at Catholic Shrines in France","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Award for Excellence in Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies from the American Academy of Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna Fedele offers a sensitive ethnography of alternative pilgrimages to French Catholic shrines dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork, she describes how pilgrims from Italy, Spain, Britain, and the United States interpret Catholic figures, symbols, and sites according to theories derived from the international Neopagan movement. Fedele pays particular attention to the pilgrims' life stories, rituals and reading. She examines how they devise their rituals, how anthropological literature has influenced them, and why this kind of spirituality is increasingly prevalent in the West. These pilgrims cultivate spirituality in interaction with each other and with textual sources: Jungian psychology, Goddess mythology, and \"indigenous\" traditions merge into a corpus of practices centered upon the worship of the Goddess and Mother Earth, and the sacralization of the reproductive cycle. Their rituals present a critique of Roman Catholicism and the medical establishment, and question contemporary discourse on gender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Fedele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199898428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Fedele\u003c\/strong\u003e is a research fellow of the Center for Research in Anthropology of the Lisbon University Institute and a chercheure associée of the Groupe de Sociologie Politique et Morale of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eEncounters of Body and Soul in Contemporary Religious Practices\u003c\/em\u003e and of \u003cem\u003eGender and Power in Contemporary Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43174800425075,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":102.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4f8c45d8-d93a-40cf-9619-5b938f8397bb.jpg?v=1751715669","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/looking-for-mary-magdalene-alternative-pilgrimage-and-ritual-creativity-at-catholic-shrines-in-france-9780199898428","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}