| Description |
1 online resource. |
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German and European studies ; 46
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German and European studies ; 46.
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| Contents |
What They Practiced: Prayer, Songs, and Processions -- Modern Miracles -- The Sacred Economy -- Rending Religiosity: Johannes Ronge and the 1840s Trier Controversy -- Clerical Crossroads: Medical Verifiability of the Sacred -- Historical Authenticity as Presence. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"For millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death. The Persistence of the Sacred explores the religious worldviews of Europeans who traveled to Trier and Aachen, two cities in western Germany, to view the sacred relics in their cathedrals. The Persistence of the Sacred 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 the pilgrimage. Recovering the history of Catholic pilgrimage, The Persistence of the Sacred aims to understand the relationship between relics and religiosity, between modernity and faith, and between humanity and God."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Germany -- Trier -- History -- 19th century.
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Germany -- Aachen -- History -- 19th century.
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Relics -- Germany -- Trier -- History -- 19th century.
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Relics -- Germany -- Aachen -- History -- 19th century.
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Trier (Germany) -- Church history -- 19th century.
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Aachen (Germany) -- Church history -- 19th century.
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HISTORY / Europe / Germany |
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages |
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Relics |
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Germany -- Aachen https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRxtgPvcBbMFWcywHp4Y |
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Germany -- Trier https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRqFyhbhPdGvGWHghCkc |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Indexed Term |
Aachen. |
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Catholicism. |
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Germany. |
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Holy Coat of Jesus. |
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Marian Shrine. |
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Marpingen. |
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Rhineland. |
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Trier. |
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history of Catholicism. |
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pilgrim songs. |
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pilgrimage. |
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relics. |
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religious practice. |
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sacred. |
| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Doney, Skye. Persistence of the sacred. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022 1487543107 9781487543105 (OCoLC)1280275789 |
| ISBN |
9781487543129 (PDF) |
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1487543123 (PDF) |
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9781487543112 (ePub) |
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1487543115 (ePub) |
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9781487543105 (cloth) |
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