{"product_id":"9781487543105","title":"The Persistence of the Sacred","description":"Author: Skye Doney\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487543105\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Oct 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 372 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death. \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e explores the religious worldviews of Europeans who travelled to Trier and Aachen, two cities in Western Germany, to view the sacred relics in their cathedrals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the narrative of widespread secularization in Europe during the long nineteenth century and reveals that religious practices thrived well into the modern period. It shows both that men were more active in their faith than historians have realized and how clergy and pilgrims did not always agree about the meaning of relics. Drawing on private ephemeral and material sources including films, photographs, postcards, correspondence, and souvenirs, Skye Doney uncovers the enduring and diverse sacred worldview of German Catholics and argues that laity and clergy had very different perspectives on the meaning of pilgrimage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecovering the history of Catholic pilgrimage, \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e aims to understand the relationship between relics and religiosity, between modernity and faith, and between humanity and God.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919574548638,"sku":"ING-9781487543105","price":140.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487543105.jpg?v=1782813799","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487543105","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}