The Pilgrim Journey: A History of Pilgrimage in the Western World
By James Harpur
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James Harpur
James Harpur has had five poetry collections published by Anvil Press and is poetry editor of the Temenos Academy Review and a member of Aosdána, the Irish academy of the arts. His Angels and Harvesters (2012) was a PBS Recommendation and shortlisted for the 2013 Irish Times Poetry Now Award; and The Dark Age (2007) won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Award. Other prizes and awards include the UK National Poetry Competition, the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, an Eric Gregory Award, and a Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship. His other books include Fortune’s Prisoner, a translation of the poems of Boethius; and The Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea. He lives in West Cork.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A history of pilgrimage in the Western world will inevitably invite the reader to ponder some interesting questions, about faith’s history and practice if nothing more. James Harpur’s well-researched The Pilgrim Journey introduces readers to pilgrimages, icons and relics, from Christianity’s earliest times, comparing and contrasting past and present, the practices of different faiths, and the hopes and aspirations of rich and poor through passing centuries. It’s a smoothly written, fascinating read, which neatly addresses the excesses that led to the Reformation, the mysteries of more recent Marian appearances, and the spirituality of people through all ages.Added to the religious implications, author James Harpur looks too at the geographic components of pilgrimage, and the historical records of those who undertook these journeys. An inspiring image appears of the historical world, through war and peace and everything in between, with small towns and nations obliging, encouraging and benefiting from pilgrimage, just as the pilgrims themselves benefit from devotion, labor and love.I wasn’t sure what I would make of such a serious historical read, but I really enjoyed it—an intriguingly different aspect of the past, rarely touched upon, but reassuringly real and generously portrayed.Disclosure: I was given a copy and I offer my honest review.