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Recent Social Concerns Regarding the Integration of Technology in Islamic Pilgrimage [PDF]
Hajj and Umrah are two major pilgrimage events that bring millions of Muslims together every year, coming from diverse ethnic and theological backgrounds. Creating unique social phenomena in which Muslims experience social identity formation.
Ballout Shaimaa
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Where the Heroes and Sky-Goers Gather: A Study of the Sauraṭa Pilgrimage
Tibetan and Himālayan Buddhist doctrine and meditative traditions have been extensively studied and are well-known even to non-scholars, but pilgrimage and other non-elite practices have received far less attention.
Paul B. Donnelly
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Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices
Pilgrimage in Islam is a religious act wherein Muslims leave their homes and spaces and travel to another place, the nature, geography, and dispositions of which they are unfamiliar.
Nazar Ul Islam Wani
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Philosophy of Pilgrimage of the Holy Prophets and Infallible People and its Effect on giving Meaning to Human Life [PDF]
SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES: The subject of this research is to explain the philosophy of pilgrimage of the Holy Prophets and infallible people and its effect on giving meaning to human life.
Hakimeh-Sadat Nateghi (Afghanistan) +1 more
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Gendered spaces and practice,relationality, emotion and affect at the Marian shrine of Ta Pinu, Gozo, Malta [PDF]
In this chapter the case study of Ta’ Pinu, Gozo, a site of pilgrimage for Marian devotion and the national shrine of Malta, is analysed as a gendered assemblage and an example of the intersection of gender and religion, with attention to the spatial and
Maddrell, Avril
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Walking Pilgrimage as Ritual for Ending Partnerships
Scholarship in pilgrimage studies suggests that people use travel to sacred sites to mark life transitions such as moving into adulthood, retirement, the death of a loved one, or the ending of an intimate relationship.
Kathleen E. Jenkins
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‘Then longen man to go on pilgrimage, to Canterbury, the holy blissful martyr for to seek’. Chaucer, Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
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Practicing the Perfections: \u3ci\u3eCommunitas\u3c/i\u3e During the \u3ci\u3eSaga Dawa Kortsay\u3c/i\u3e at Swayambhunath, Nepal [PDF]
Based on observations from personal participation in the 2014 Saga Dawa Kortsay at Swayambhunath Stupa complex located near Kathmandu, Nepal, my essay draws attention to the distinctive lay Buddhist community that is formed in such ritual performances ...
Sorensen, Michelle J.
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Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González +5 more
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Globalization, Glocalization, and the Changing Nature of Pilgrimage in a Post-Secular World
Globalization is a commonly used term to describe the rapid changes and spatial transformations that have taken place on a global scale over the past forty years.
Daniel H. Olsen
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