Practicing Pilgrimage: On Being and Becoming God's Pilgrim People

by Brett Webb-Mitchell

Overview

Practicing Pilgrimage: On Being and Becoming God's Pilgrim People explores both the theological, cultural, and spiritual roots of Christian pilgrimage, and is a "how-to" book on doing pilgrimage in our suburban backyards, city streets, rural roads, churches, retreat centers, and our everyday life. Brett Webb-Mitchell takes the ancient practice of Christian pilgrimage and applies it to our contemporary lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532614040
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	11/09/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
Sales rank:	977,446
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Brett Webb-Mitchell is a pilgrim, speaker, writer, teacher, ordained Presbyterian pastor, parent, partner, and pet lover. Currently, Brett is a pastor serving St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon, having been on the faculty of Duke University and North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. Author of two other pilgrimage books--Follow Me (Seabury) and School of the Pilgrim (Westminster John Knox)-- Webb-Mitchell directs the School of the Pilgrim (www.schoolofthepilgrim.com), taking people on pilgrimage around the world and in their backyards.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction xi

Part I Framing Pilgrimage

1 A "Pilgrimage" and the "Pilgrimage of Life" 3

2 The Story of Pilgrimage 17

3 Pilgrimage as Biblical and Theological Practice 36

4 Pilgrimage among Different Faith Communities 53

5 Characteristics of Pilgrims and Pilgrimages 65

6 The Art of Hospitality on Pilgrimage 82

7 Being and Becoming God's Pilgrim People: Worship and Pilgrimage 93

Part II Practicing Pilgrimage

8 Labyrinths 110

9 Teaching the Pilgrimage of Life 120

10 A Pilgrimage of New Beginnings 129

11 Pilgrimage of Remembrance 137

12 A Pilgrimage of the Earth 146

13 A Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace 155

14 Pilgrimages of Advent and Lent 164

15 A Daily Pilgrimage 172

Epilogue: "The Church as Resident Pilgrims" 191

Bibliography 197