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Lourdes: Body And Spirit in the Secular Age Book
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Amazon
Paperback. Pub Date: 09 May 2008 Pages: 496 Publisher: Penguin Global Lourdes was at the very center of Nineteenth century Debates on RELIGION Science and Medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as Crucial in shaping how society should think about the mind. body and spirit. Since the 'visions' of Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 transformed the quiet Pyrenean town into an international tourist and pilgrimage destination. it has been a site for controversy. In her well-crafted and carefully researched book . Harris deftly places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country's development.
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TheBookPeople
Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as crucial in shaping how society should think about the mind, body and spirit. Since the 'visions' of Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 transformed the quiet Pyrenean town into an international tourist and pilgrimage destination, it has been a site for controversy. In her well-crafted and carefully researched book, Harris deftly places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country's development.
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Blackwell
Splendidly researched, this magisterial history explores the world's greatest Catholic healing shrine and the remarkable devotion it still inspires in a secular age. 8-page color insert. Illustrations throughout. Lourdes was at the very centre of...
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ASDA
Places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country's development.
- 0141038489
- 9780141038483
- Ruth Harris
- 4 September 2008
- Penguin
- Paperback (Book)
- 496
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