A pilgrimage to eternity : from Canterbury to Rome in search of a faith
Egan, Timothy2019
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At a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular - and when his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church prompted a reckoning with his own beliefs - Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity, to explore one of the biggest stories of our time: the collapse of religion in the world that it created. Egan sets out along the Via Francigena, once the major medieval trail leading the devout to Rome, and makes his way overland via the alpine peaks and small mountain towns of France, Switzerland and Italy. The goal: walking to St. Peter's Square, in hopes of meeting the galvanizing pope who is struggling to hold together the church through the worst crisis in half a millennium.
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Author:
Egan, Timothy, author
Imprint:
New York : Viking, 2019.
Collation:
384 pages : maps (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780735225237 (hbk)
Dewey class:
263.04245632263.042
LC class:
BV5067
Language:
English
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BRN:
2572207