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English
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"Being There" : British Mormons and the History Trail
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Reframing Pilgrimage : Cultures in Motion
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New York
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Routledge
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26-44
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Chapter abstract: "In the first section of this article I examine how history is central to Mormon theology, revealing a complex interplay between different kinds of places, texts, and people. The second part of the article shows how this relationship echoes the interplay between persons, place and both text and object in wider Mormonism, most especially in temples and in the practice of bearing testimony. The final section shows how this engagement with temples and testimonies works to shape engagement with historical sites, thus illuminating the extent to which pilgrimage activities are different from or similar to everyday religious action." [Author's abstract]|Book abstract: "Reframing Pilgrimage argues that sacred travel is just one of the twenty-first century's many forms of cultural mobility. The contributors consider the meanings of pilgrimage in Christian, Mormon, Hindu, Islamic and Sufi traditions, as well as in secular contexts, and they create a new theory of pilgrimage as a form of voluntary displacement. This voluntary displacement helps to constitute cultural meaning in a world constantly 'en route'. Pilgrimage, which works both on global economic and individual levels, is recognised as a highly creative and politically charged force intimately bound up in economic and cultural systems." [Author's abstract]