An award-winning journalist vividly reports her two-year, 60,000-mile global odyssey in the company of exceptional women......more
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The study of pilgrimage often centres itself around miracles and spontaneous populist activities. While some of these ac......more
Is The Book of Mormon a Great American Novel? Avi Steinberg thinks so. In this quirky travelogue--part fan nonfiction, p......more
Millions of people travel every day, for what seem like millions of reasons. Some travel for pleasure, others travel for......more
With over 900 churches and shrines, Rome has been a major pilgrimage destination for over 1500 years and continues to dr......more
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The Lore of the Camino de Santiago: A Literary Pilgrimage offers a different view of the ancient pilgrimage route from F......more
Coffee, Tea, and Holy Water takes the reader on an armchair tour of Christianity in our world, across borders and over c......more
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The Blessed Mother has appeared under many titles and under many different names. Each of Mary s names and titles refle......more
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Historian and Iona Community member Rosemary Power tells the story of the small Hebridean island of Iona and its remarka......more
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A preeminent scholar of Catholicism transports readers to Rome for the traditional station churches pilgrimage, offering......more
John G. O Dwyer has walked the ancient pilgrim routes of Ireland, from Slemish Mountain in the northeast, where Christia......more
The study of pilgrimage often centres itself around miracles and spontaneous populist activities. While some of these ac......more
With humor and opinions aplenty, a woman embarks on an unconventional quest to see if she is meant to be a nun. Just as ......more
Since Louisiana is the only state in the union to organize itself through parishes and not counties, it should come as n......more
Tochar ( Causeway ) is a walking-pace travelogue through the country that was dubbed the Island of Saints and Scholars ......more
Indispensable reading for anyone who wants a wider understanding of the Islamic world, of its history and its politics. ......more
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In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across ......more
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Signs & Shrines: Spiritual Journeys Across New Mexico takes readers along the ancient pilgrimage trails that crisscross ......more
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Britain is packed with places to visit that can be called sacred . Many are mainstream tourist sites, such as Iona, Lin......more
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Himalayan Pilgrimage describes a seven months journey which the author made through the remote Tibetan regions of Weste......more
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This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern world. It considers questions such......more
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Every year, some 200,000 people set out on the world s most famous pilgrimage route - the Camino , designated a World H......more
Read David Farley s posts on the Penguin Blog.A tour through the centuries and through a bizarre Italian town in search ......more
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This book in the Pilgrim s Guide series includes thorough descriptions of all the pre-Christian and Christian eras, as w......more
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An exploration of Spain s many sacred sites and pilgrim routes, in the context of the land s deepest past to its most im......more
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For almost fifty years the Jewish Travel Guide has been the essential reference book for all Jewish travellers worldwide......more
The journeys described in this volume cut across a number of diverse counties and represent very different experiences. ......more
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I am about to share here a story about stars that dance. . . . If the very thought of seeing stars dance piques your cur......more
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Journey to some of the world s most renowned locales of religious pilgrimage with this inspiring handbook. Evocative pho......more
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The late Paul Brunton was one of the 20th century s greatest explorers of and writers on the spiritual traditions of the......more
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The Christian Travelers Guides deal directly with what even the best general travel guides only touch on: Christianity s......more