Encountering the sacred : the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity /

Encountering the sacred : the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity /

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Main Author: Bitton-Ashkelony, Bruria (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

Series: The transformation of the classical heritage ; 38.

Subjects:

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Palestine > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Palestine > In Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.

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Call Number: BV896 .P19 B58 2005

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : pilgrimage in late antiquity
  • 1. Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's attitudes toward pilgrimage
  • 2. Jerome's position on pilgrimage : vacillating between support and reservations
  • 3. Augustine in holy space
  • 4. Pilgrimage in monastic culture
  • 5. Local versus central pilgrimage.