Bowman, Marion
(2004).
Procession and possession in Glastonbury: Continuity, change and the manipulation of tradition.
Folklore, 115(3),
pp. 273–285.
Abstract
Glastonbury, a small town in the south-west of England, is considered significant by a variety of religious groups and spiritual seekers. While there is a large degree of peaceful co-existence between people holding radically different worldviews, the contested nature of Glastonbury as a spiritual centre is occasionally played out by means of public displays of religiosity, the most obvious example of which is the procession. This paper compares Christian and Goddess-oriented processions as case studies in the use of traditional means to assert historical, spatial and spiritual claims in contemporary Glastonbury.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2004 The Folklore Society |
| ISSN: |
0015-587X |
| Extra Information: |
Presidential address given to the Folklore Society, March 2004 [1] |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Religious Studies |
| Item ID: |
9787 |
| Depositing User: |
Marion Bowman
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Oct 2007 |
| Last Modified: |
27 Jun 2011 11:28 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/9787 |
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