Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition System configuration Pointing in this direction

Pointing in this direction

or ‘Essence of Ultimate Reality’

this book takes up the question of how indigenous customary law and state-based legislation can be reconciled in the implementation of international environmental law

The changing relationship between the church and its supporters is key to understanding changing religious and social attitudes in Victorian Britain

The volume further examines the presuppositions and ideological roots of fighting hate

Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition System configuration Pointing in this directionSalvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism.