CFP: Volume: The Practice of Pilgrimage in a Global Early Modern Context
We are seeking contributions to a volume exploring pilgrimage in a global
context from the mid-fifteenth to the mid-eighteenth century. This volume
is under consideration for publication in the book series *Reflections on
Early Modernity / Réflexions sur la première modernité *published by the
journal Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme. Whether
discussing visitations of local shrines or the great trans-regional events
like the Hajj and pilgrimages to faraway lands, the rite of pilgrimage kept
believers on the move, making pilgrims one of the most visible
manifestations of mobility and religious devotion. At the same time, they
served as central agents in reconstituting religious themes and notions
throughout the early modern period. Pilgrimage was an intensely social and
cultural event, as groups of various travelers encountered each other, as
well as other cultures, and experienced new modes of living and other ways
of worshiping. As a popular rite, it was also an economic driver of local
economies, providing services and goods for travelers, which served the
interests of powerful authorities. After 1450, the expansion of maritime
trading routes, wars, religious change and a sharp rise and legitimization
of curiosity, were among the many forces that worked the extend the global
reach of many faiths. These forces also reshaped the practice of pilgrimage
in the process.
It is in this context of an increasingly interconnected and changing early
modern world that this volume will offer a forum for an investigation of
early modern pilgrimage in a comparative context. We are seeking
contributors working from the perspective of diverse disciplines (e. art
history, history, literature, anthropology), religious traditions (ie.
Buddhism, Shintoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity) and regional contexts
who could engage with one or more of the following themes....... For
further information, please refer to the file attached.