Offering vivid vignettes of social history, it extends their importance beyond the realm of the religious to our own conceptions of reality. Retelling its own tales of "mere mortals" confronted by potent visions, such as the man Juan Diego who found redemption with the Lady of Guadalupe and the poor French shepherdess Bernadette whose encounter with the Lady at Lourdes inspired Christians across the globe, this text treats religious visions as both paradox and empowering phenomena, tying them explicitly to the times in which they occurred. The book examines two major aspects of pilgrimage practice: the significance of context, or the theological conditions giving rise to pilgrimage and the folk traditions enabling worshippers to absorb the meaning of the event and the images and symbols embodying the experience of pilgrimage and transmitting its visions in varying ways. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Religious and Political Practice.įirst published in 1978, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture is a classic work examining the theological doctrines, popular notions, and corresponding symbols and images promoting and sustaining Christian pilgrimage. The case studies reveal how probing wonder can bring us closer to understanding the formation of social institutions as various ‘modalities of wonder’ destabilize old forms and articulate new ones. The question for contributors is how wonder works as an index of challenges to the known, the moral, the true, and the real. Scott in order to bring the weight, colour, scent and sound of real ethnographic encounters to new ways of thinking about wonder. This book engages with anthropological explorations of wonder, responding to recent work by Michael W.
What can wonder engender in terms of religious, political, and broader social practice? Thinkers from Plato to Martin Heidegger and Cornelius Castoriadis surrealists such as Andre Breton and Pierre Mabille and most recently the religious philosopher Mary-Jane Rubenstein have all explored the ways that wonder is not articulated once and for all, but continuously worked upon. Pushing against anthropocentric tendencies in some of the contributions, I suggest how we might imagine a nonhuman affective cognate to wonder A fifth issue raised is whether nonhumans can wonder. Fourth, the articles attest that wonder engages our received imagery and discourses about origins and stimulates us to generate new versions that revise, replace, or compete with the old. Third, these articles not only show how wonder confers authority, they also show that the authority wonder confers is ontological authority-authority to lay down or revise ontological premises and their ethical and political implications. Going beyond this observation, these articles disclose how wonder practices persist and become routinized. Elsewhere, I have suggested that wonder can be a practice through which people resist existing ontological premises and advance lived alternatives. Second, they present ethnographic examples of what makes wonder practices work.
First, they help to clarify the relationship between wonder and socio-political change. The latter endeavor identifies five key areas in which the articles enhance understanding about wonder. Returns: Unfortunately at this time, we are unable to process refunds, exchanges, and returns, however if for whatever reason your book arrives damaged, please e-mail within 1 day of receiving your order and we will happily send you a replacement.This Afterword is part apologia for an ontology-centred approach to the anthropology of wonder, part diplomatic mission to bring the articles in this special issue into dialogue to yield new insights about wonder. Words of Wonder Book is not responsible for custom shipping fees or customs/duties for shipping outside of Canada. Shipping Fees: You will be able to select an appropriate shipping fee on the checkout page. If you live in the GTA and need a rush order, please detail the date you need it by in your order sheet and select drop-off in Toronto in the shipping section. Please note, that during the COVID-19 lockdown, mail times have varied. You can choose to have the book shipped lettermail or tracked parcel. Thank you so much for visiting our order inquiry: If you would like to inquire about bulk orders of Words of Wonder, or would like to get in touch, please e-mail time and rush orders: Orders will be shipped within one week of receiving your order.
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