{"product_id":"the-persistence-of-the-sacred-german-catholic-pilgrimage-1832-1937-hardback-9781487543105","title":"The Persistence of the Sacred; German Catholic Pilgrimage, 1832-1937 (Hardback) 9781487543105","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Persistence of the Sacred\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGerman Catholic Pilgrimage, 1832-1937\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSkye Doney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487543105\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 October 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages, 47 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 3 b\u0026amp;w maps, 5 figures, 21 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An eminently readable and very fruitful study.\" - Jonathan Sperber, University of Missouri (\u003cem\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \"The work offers readers new, engaging ways of thinking about German Catholicism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and provides a glimpse into the world of everyday German Catholics and their attempts to navigate the practice of their religious faith in the modern world.\" - Beth Griech-Polelle, Pacific Lutheran University (\u003cem\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \"Offering a tightly bounded history of Catholic pilgrimages to Trier and Aachen, Skye Doney has ably foregrounded how Catholicism in Germany, both as an institutional religion and as a mass movement of millions, sought to straddle faith and empirically-based science.\" - Matthew P. Fitzpatrick, Flinders University (\u003cem\u003eJournal of Religious History\u003c\/em\u003e) \"An important study that broadens our understanding of Catholic faith and practice in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\" - Kevin P. Spicer C.S.C., Stonehill College (\u003cem\u003eCentral European History\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death. \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e explores the religious worldviews of Europeans who travelled to Trier and Aachen, two cities in Western Germany, to view the sacred relics in their cathedrals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e 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 pilgrimage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecovering the history of Catholic pilgrimage, \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e aims to understand the relationship between relics and religiosity, between modernity and faith, and between humanity and God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchive Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eSelect Dates in German Catholicism: 1813–1939\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. What They Practiced: Prayer, Songs, and Processions\u003cbr\u003e2. Modern Miracles\u003cbr\u003e3. The Sacred Economy\u003cbr\u003e4. Rending Religiosity: Johannes Ronge and the 1840s Trier Controversy\u003cbr\u003e5. Clerical Crossroads: Medical Verifiability of the Sacred\u003cbr\u003e6. Historical Authenticity as Presence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Verifying Presence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Selected Pilgrim Songs in Translation, 1839–1933\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Daily Pilgrim Totals in 1891\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: Daily Pilgrim Totals in 1933\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4: Holy Coat Songs in Trier Hymnal, 1846–1955\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 5: Pilgrimage Dates\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 6: 1933 Trier Pilgrimage Sick Pilgrim Complaints\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 7: 1867 Aachen Closing Ceremony Procession\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595787268376,"sku":"9781487543105","price":43.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-persistence-of-the-sacred-german-catholic-pilgrimage-1832-1937-hardback-9781487543105","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}