Pagar uma promessa : an anthropological study of the Catholic pilgrimage to Fatima

This thesis examines the phenomenon of the Fatima (Portugal) pilgrimage as an "arena for different discourses". Pilgrimage involves not only a journey to a sacred place but also the clergy. From the beginning the clergy authorise the shrine and try to control almost all the activities, rit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yel, Ali Murat
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1995
Subjects:
301
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294786