
Pilgrimage
Walking to Peace, Walking for Change
Ian S. McIntosh(Author)
Xlibris Us (Publisher)
Published on 11. May 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-9845-7876-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book about pilgrimage, peace building, and being here in the future. Sacred journeys are by far the most peaceful mass rituals that humankind has yet devised for itself. Can these journeys contribute to ending the poverty, racial inequality, and intractable conflict so common on the world stage today? In a radical rethinking of the nature and definition of pilgrimage, anthropologist Ian McIntosh describes this ancient practice as a handy tool in the peace-builder's toolkit. In a range of case studies, he shows how pilgrimage provides geographically and historically separated peoples with a strong sense of their membership in a global community facing global challenges. The text includes autobiographical accounts of the author's experience of pilgrimage in Aboriginal Australia, Communist China, multi-faith Sri Lanka, and the embattled Gaza Strip. There are also academic papers that advance the proposed link between pilgrimage and peace building from Canada, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Russia and elsewhere. The common thread in all these sacred journeys is a vision of peace, justice and sustainability. We are all in this together. For humankind to survive on this planet, pilgrimage, in all its rich diversity, will undoubtedly play a critical role.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9845-7876-1 (9781984578761)
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Person
Australian anthropologist and peace scholar Ian S. McIntosh is the founder of the Sacred Journeys project that brings pilgrimage and religious tourism scholars together from across the world for an annual conference. He has co-edited three volumes on pilgrimage and peace building including The Many Voices of Pilgrimage and Reconciliation, Pilgrimage in Practice, and Peace Journeys. He has also authored three books on Aboriginal Australian religion and culture, including The Whale and the Cross. Dr. McIntosh is the Director of International Partnerships at Indiana University's Indianapolis campus and an adjunct at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the IUPUI School of Liberal Arts. From 1997-2002, he was Managing Director of Cultural Survival Inc., one of the world's foremost advocacy groups for the world's indigenous peoples. He is also the co-founder of the Australian heritage group, Past Masters International.