Lourdes : Body And Spirit in the Secular Age
by
Ruth Harris
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0141038489
ISBN-13
9780141038483
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 4th, 2008
Print length
496 Pages
Weight
354 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 12.90 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
European historyChristian worship, rites & ceremonies
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Places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country's development.
Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the ''miracle'' town as crucial in shaping how society should think about the mind, body and spirit. Since the ‘visions’ of Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 transformed the quiet Pyrenean town into an international tourist and pilgrimage destination, it has been a site for controversy. In her well-crafted and carefully researched book, Harris deftly places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country’s development.
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