Shrines and Pilgrimage in the Modern World: New Itineraries into the Sacred

Contents - 6 On the Authors - 8 Secular Pilgrimage: A Contradiction in Terms?1 - 14 Research into change - 17 Communitas vs individuality - 21 Movement and travel vs sanctuary and locality - 24 Tourism and Pilgrimage - 29 The Secular and the Religious - 31 Ethnography and Analysis - 33 Notes - 45 I The Political Realm - 48 The Anti-Mafi a Movement as Religion?The Pilgrimage to Falcone\'s Tree - 50  The Tree Form - 53  The Pilgrimage as Bearing Witness - 57  Imago Christi - 62  \'Martyrs of the Law\' - 67  Conclusion - 69  Notes - 70 \'I\'m not religious, but Tito is a God\':Tito, Kumrovec, and the New Pilgrims - 72  Kumrovec - 73  An Ordinary Man with an Extraordinary Life - 75  The Day of Youth and the Statue of Josip Broz inKumrovec - 80  New Perspectives on Tito and Kumrovec - 88  Notes - 93 Patriotism and Religion:Pilgrimages to Soekarno \'s Grave - 96  Introduction1 - 96  Soekarno - 97  A Simple Grave - 101  A Mausoleum and Gradual Rehabilitation - 103  The Pilgrims - 108  Secular, Magical and Religious Goals - 113  Concluding remarks - 119  Notes - 121 II The Musical Realm - 122 Rock and Roll Pilgrims: Refl ections on Ritual,Religiosity, and Race at Graceland - 124  Elvis \'s Image - 125  Saint Elvis - 130  Graceland as Pilgrimage Site - 133  Elvis Week - 137  All-White Elvis - 139  Notes - 142 The Pilgrimage to Jim Morrison \'s Grave at PereLachaise Cemetery:The Social Construction of Sacred Space - 144  Mythologizing - 145  Fan Scene vs Heritage - 148  Idol, Icon or Saint? - 153  The Espace Morrison - 156  The Religious Factor - 160  Conclusion - 170  Notes - 171 The Apostle of Love: The Cult of Jimmy Zambo inPost-Socialist Hungary - 174  The Tale of Jimmy Zambo - 175  Life and Death in the Tabloids - 181  \'Secular\' Pilgrimage - 182  Pilgrimage Motives - 186  Pilgrims at the Sacred Place - 193  Conclusion - 195  Notes - 197 III The Sports Realm - 200 Pre\'s Rock : Pilgrimage, Ritual, and Runners\'Traditions at the Roadside Shrine for StevePrefontaine 1 - 202  Pre\'s Rock - 210  Roadside Memorials and Spontaneous Shrines - 215  Shrine, Pilgrimage Site, Spirituality, and Inspiration - 218  The Spirit of Steve Prefontaine : Intercession, Prayers,and Blessings - 224  Gifts and Votive Offerings - 229  Conclusion - 234  Notes - 235 IV The Realm of Life, Spirituality and Death - 240 Going with the Flow: Contemporary Pilgrimagein Glastonbury - 242  Introduction - 242  The Context - 243  Simultaneous Pilgrimage in Glastonbury - 248  Vernacular Christianity - 254  Avalon , King Arthur and the Goddess - 257  Multifaith Pilgrimage - 262  Virtual co-presence in Glastonbury - 264  Facing the Moment : the Solar Eclipse and MillenniumEve - 266  Individuals and Intermittent Co-presence - 268  Consensus and Communitas: Earth energies - 270  Conclusion - 275  Notes - 280 The Pilgrimage to the \'Cancer Forest\' onthe \'Trees for Life Day\' in Flevoland - 282  The Trees for Life Day - 282  Ritual Framework - 285  \'Sudden Unjust Deaths\' - 286  Fellow Sufferers and Incidental Ritual Communities - 287  Fundamental Ritual Forms - 288  Inclusive Confi guration - 289  Location-specifi c Shrine - 290  Created / invented and Practical - 291  Rites of Passage - 292  Feelings and Motives - 293  Conclusion: Pilgrimage as a Ritual Reference - 295 Sites of Memory, Sites of Sorrow:An American Veterans\' Motorcycle Pilgrimage - 300  History and Purpose of the Run for the Wall - 301  A Note on Methodology - 304  The Run for the Wall as Pilgrimage - 305  Places of Ritual, Places of Power - 310  Ritual, Narrative, and Healing: the Wall - 314  The Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a Shrine - 317  Healing, Identity, and Memory - 319  Shrines as Memory, Shrines as Forgetting - 321  Notes - 322 Conclusion - 324 List of Illustrations - 330 Bibliography - 332 Inde