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Pilgrimage : Medieval France
2,766 words, approx. 9 pages . Pilgrimage—journeying from one’s home to a hallowed site—has a long tradition. In ancient and modem times, and in many cultures and religions, adherents have traveled to venerate holy places, to visit tombs of holy persons or...
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Religion, Recent History Of : Contemporary Chinese Culture
1,540 words, approx. 5 pages The recent history of Chinese religion can be said to begin at the end of the nineteenth century with the emergence of a concerted ideological critique of religion. This critique gradually intensified over the next several decades, and was accompanied...
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Pilgrimage—South Asia Summary
1,368 words, approx. 5 pages Pilgrimage is the practice of journeying to sites where religious powers, knowledge, or experiences are deemed especially accessible. Such journeys are increasingly popular throughout South Asia, facilitated by ever-improving transportation. Every...
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Pilgrimage : Social and Cultural Anthropology
923 words, approx. 3 pages Pilgrimage in all religions is pre-eminently a journey of the religious imagination. It obviously constitutes physical movement from one place to another, but at the same time involves spiritual or temporal movement. Pilgrimage may project the believer...
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Pilgrimage Information
3,408 words, approx. 11 pages
 In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every major religion participate in...




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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
On pilgrimage
12/19/2004: 1,914 words, approx. 6 pages LAURIE COPANS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-19-2004 On pilgrimage -- Holy Land sees more visitors By LAURIE COPANS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 12-19-2004, Sunday Section: TRAVEL Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday At the shores of the Jordan River, a...
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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Pilgrimage
10/01/1995: 2,396 words, approx. 8 pages DAVID GIBSON, Religion Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-01-1995 PILGRIMAGE By DAVID GIBSON, Religion Writer Date: 10-01-1995, Sunday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Series: THE POPE IN NEW JERSEY Biographical: JOHN PAUL II VATICAN CITY -- There is something...
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Muslims making Hajj pilgrimage
12/21/2007: 836 words, approx. 3 pages The 60-year-old Egyptian farmer spent years scraping together $11,000 to bring his wife and son here to perform Islam's hajj pilgrimage.They have slept for days in tiny one-person tents near the hajj's sacred sites and walked for miles from ritual to ritual — despite his...
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3M Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage
12/28/2006: 659 words, approx. 2 pages Nearly 3 million Muslims from around the world, chanting and raising their hands to heaven, marched through a desert valley outside Mecca on Thursday on the first day of the annual hajj pilgrimage.Dressed in seamless white robes symbolizing the equality of mankind under God, the...



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