This book reveals many aspects of the practice of pilgrimage, including its nationalistic facets, effect on economic development, the impact of the internet, and pilgrimage as protest to pilgrimage as creative expression. Reviewing social justice in the context of pilgrimage, it features a diverse collection of interdisciplinary voices.

Contributions by: Matthew R. Anderson, Shirley du Plooy, Mary Farrelly, Tessa Garton, George D. Greenia, Vivienne Keely, Aateka Khan, Richard LeSueur, Ian S. McIntosh, E. Moore Quinn, Alison T. Smith, Suzanne van der Beek