A Pilgrimage to Eternity
Author: Egan, Timothy
ISBN: 9780735225251
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 16 Jun 2020
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
Tracing an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, the bestselling and Pquot;virtuosicPquot; (The Wall Street Journal) writer explores the past and future of Christianity
Plt;bPgt;Tracing an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, the bestselling and Pquot;virtuosicPquot; (The Wall Street Journal) writer explores the past and future of ChristianityPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Moved by his motherP#39;s death and his Irish Catholic familyP#39;s complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers to force a reckoning with his own beliefs. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity, exploring one of the biggest stories of our time: the collapse of religion in the world that it created. Egan sets out along the Via Francigena, once the major medieval trail leading the devout to Rome, and makes his way overland via the alpine peaks and small mountain towns of France, Switzerland and Italy.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Making his way through a landscape laced with some of the most important shrines to the faith, Egan finds a modern Canterbury Tale in the chapel where Queen Bertha introduced Christianity to pagan Britain; parses the supernatural in a French town built on miracles; and journeys to the oldest abbey in the Western world, founded in 515 and home to continuous prayer over the 1,500 years that have followed.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A thrilling journey, a family story, and a revealing history, Plt;iPgt;A Pilgrimage to EternityPlt;/iPgt; looks for our future in its search for God.
ISBN: 9780735225251
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 16 Jun 2020
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
Tracing an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, the bestselling and Pquot;virtuosicPquot; (The Wall Street Journal) writer explores the past and future of Christianity
Plt;bPgt;Tracing an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, the bestselling and Pquot;virtuosicPquot; (The Wall Street Journal) writer explores the past and future of ChristianityPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Moved by his motherP#39;s death and his Irish Catholic familyP#39;s complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers to force a reckoning with his own beliefs. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity, exploring one of the biggest stories of our time: the collapse of religion in the world that it created. Egan sets out along the Via Francigena, once the major medieval trail leading the devout to Rome, and makes his way overland via the alpine peaks and small mountain towns of France, Switzerland and Italy.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Making his way through a landscape laced with some of the most important shrines to the faith, Egan finds a modern Canterbury Tale in the chapel where Queen Bertha introduced Christianity to pagan Britain; parses the supernatural in a French town built on miracles; and journeys to the oldest abbey in the Western world, founded in 515 and home to continuous prayer over the 1,500 years that have followed.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A thrilling journey, a family story, and a revealing history, Plt;iPgt;A Pilgrimage to EternityPlt;/iPgt; looks for our future in its search for God.
