{"product_id":"pilgrimages-and-spiritual-quests-in-peter-ackermann-9780415481335","title":"Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with the sacred, in a variety of interesting dimensions in both historical and contemporary Japanese culture, linked by the unifying theme of a spiritual quest. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeveral fascinating new approaches to traditional forms of pilgrimage are put forward by a wide range of specialists in anthropology, religion and cultural studies, who set Japanese pilgrimage in a wider comparative perspective. They apply models of pilgrimage to quests for vocational fulfilment, examining cases as diverse as the civil service, painting and poetry, and present ethnographies of contemporary reconstructions of old spiritual quests, as conflicting (and sometimes global) demands impinge on the time and space of would-be pilgrims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ackermann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415481333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415481335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Ackermann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334410555647,"sku":"9780415481335","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_076f1113-7f8d-4793-8e94-b96a7d70b5d0.jpg?v=1731466762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pilgrimages-and-spiritual-quests-in-peter-ackermann-9780415481335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}