Pilgrimage has many themes and many definitions: it's the calling of Abraham to live outside one's country (Genesis 12), it's physical travel to a place of significance, it's a metaphor for life's journey -- and many other things as well. For many (myself included), pilgrimage is a choice, often a priviledged one -- a trip to the Holy Land, a spiritual retreat or a walk through the Labyrinth. These experiences are invaluable.
About Rodney (from his website: http://www.rodneyaist.com/):
University of Wales, Lampeter, 2008
PhD (Wales), MA (Wales), MDiv (Duke), BA (Southern Methodist)
Research Interests: I am a Jerusalem scholar interested in Christian pilgrimage to the Holy City. I am interested in pilgrim practices and spirituality, past and present, and the sacred topography of holy places. I also have a background in Celtic Christianity, Native American studies and topics of race and culture (19th century to present).
Books: The Christian Topography of Early Islamic Jerusalem: The Evidence of Willibald of Eichstätt (700-787 CE) (Turnhout, 2009). See review by Jerome Murphy O'Connor in Revue Biblique 117 (2010), 633-34.For more on my academic background, including a full listing of publications and papers, see scholar page.
Blogs: Medieval Milanetc, Culture QuarksMedieval Milanetc is dedicated to the religious imagination of the city of Milan.
Culture Quarks: Cultural Nuances in a Global Universe is a blog discussing topics of race and culture. Culture Quarks provides a forum for understanding and celebrating cultural diversity, for exposing inequities between cultures and for developing new paradigms in intercultural dialogue.
Research Interests: I am a Jerusalem scholar interested in Christian pilgrimage to the Holy City. I am interested in pilgrim practices and spirituality, past and present, and the sacred topography of holy places. I also have a background in Celtic Christianity, Native American studies and topics of race and culture (19th century to present).
Books: The Christian Topography of Early Islamic Jerusalem: The Evidence of Willibald of Eichstätt (700-787 CE) (Turnhout, 2009). See review by Jerome Murphy O'Connor in Revue Biblique 117 (2010), 633-34.For more on my academic background, including a full listing of publications and papers, see scholar page.
Blogs: Medieval Milanetc, Culture QuarksMedieval Milanetc is dedicated to the religious imagination of the city of Milan.
Culture Quarks: Cultural Nuances in a Global Universe is a blog discussing topics of race and culture. Culture Quarks provides a forum for understanding and celebrating cultural diversity, for exposing inequities between cultures and for developing new paradigms in intercultural dialogue.
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