List of Illustrations Introduction: Pilgrimage and Political Economy: Introduction to a Research Agenda Simon Coleman and John Eade Chapter 1. From the Indian Ganges to a Mauritian Lake: Hindu Pilgrimage in a ‘Diasporic’ Context Mathieu Claveyrolas Chapter 2. Transnational Courting through Shakyamuni Buddha: Japanese Pilgrimage and Geographical Dowries in North India David Geary Chapter 3. Sufism and Pilgrimage Market: A Political Economy of a Shrine in Southern Pakistan Rémy Delage Chapter 4. Allah Always Hears the Prayers of a Traveller: Nationalized Shrines and Transnational Imaginaries in Bukhara Maria Louw Chapter 5. ‘Pilgrimage Capital’ and Bosnian Croat Pilgrimage Places: Bosnian Croat Pilgrimages and Transnational Ties through Time and Space Mario Katić Chapter 6. Translating Catholic Pilgrimage Sites into Energy Grammar: Contested Spiritual Practices in Chartres and Vézelay Anna Fedele Chapter 7. A Pentecostal Shrine in Mexico: Ethnography of Migration and Pilgrimage Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola Chapter 8. The Paths of Saint James in Brazil: Body, Spirituality and Market Carlos Alberto Steil Afterword: Going Beyond the Elusive Nature of Pilgrimage Dionigi Albera Index
Pilgrimage has always had a tendency to follow—and sometimes create—trade routes. This volume explores how wider factors behind transnational and global mobility have impacted on pilgrimage activity across the world, and examines the ways in which pilgrimage relates to migration, diaspora, and political cooperation or conflict across nation-states. Furthermore, it brings together case studies that explore forms of mobility where pilgrimage is juxtaposed, complements, or is in intimate association with other forms of movement.
Simon Coleman is Chancellor Jackman Professor at the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto. His publications include Pilgrimage Past and Present in the World Religions (Harvard, 1995, with John Elsner), Pilgrim Voices: Authorship and Narrative in Christian Pilgrimage (Berghahn, 2003, edited with John Elsner) and “Guiding the Pilgrim” (Special Issue of Tourist Studies, 2015, edited with John Eade and Evgenia Mesaritou).
