Crossing surfaces in search of the holy: Landscape and liminality in contemporary Christian pilgrimage

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1105-1126

  Maddrell, Avril ^a   della Dora, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Christian pilgrimage; Isle of Man; Landscape; Meteora; Permeable; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; RELIGION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GREECE;

EID: 84878317456     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45148     Document Type: Article

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