The Persistence of the Sacred : : German Catholic Pilgrimage, 1832–1937 / / Skye Doney.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Doney, Skye,
• MitwirkendeR: Doney, Skye,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: German and European Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.) :; 47 b&w illustrations, 3 b&w maps, 5 figures, 21 b&w tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures, Maps, and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Archive Abbreviations --; Select Dates in German Catholicism: 1813–1939 --; Introduction --; 1. What They Practised: Prayer, Songs, and Processions --; 2. Modern Miracles --; 3. The Sacred Economy --; 4. Rending Religiosity: Johannes Ronge and the 1840s Trier Controversy --; 5. Clerical Crossroads: Medical Verifiability of the Sacred --; 6. Historical Authenticity as Presence --; Appendix 1. Selected Pilgrim Songs in Translation, 1839–1933 --; Appendix 2. Daily Pilgrim Totals, Trier 1891 --; Appendix 3. Daily Pilgrim Totals, Trier 1933 --; Appendix 4. Holy Coat Songs in Trier Hymnal, 1846–1955 --; Appendix 5. Pilgrimage Dates --; Appendix 6. Sick Pilgrim Complaints, Trier, 1933 --; Appendix 7. Aachen Closing Ceremony Procession, 1867 --; Notes --; Bibliography: Primary Works --; Bibliography: Secondary Works --; Index --; German and European Studies
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487543129; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110992960; 9783110992939; 9783110767155
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487543129
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Skye Doney.

For millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death. The Persistence of the Sacred explores the religious worldviews of Europeans who traveled to Trier and Aachen, two cities in western Germany, to view the sacred relics in their cathedrals. The Persistence of the Sacred challenges the narrative of widespread secularization in Europe during the long nineteenth century and reveals that religious practices thrived well into the modern period. It shows both that men were more active in their faith than historians have realized and how clergy and pilgrims did not always agree about the meaning of relics. Drawing on private ephemeral and material sources including films, photographs, postcards, correspondence, and souvenirs, Skye Doney uncovers the enduring and diverse sacred worldview of German Catholics and argues that laity and clergy had very different perspectives on the meaning of the pilgrimage. Recovering the history of Catholic pilgrimage, The Persistence of the Sacred aims to understand the relationship between relics and religiosity, between modernity and faith, and between humanity and God.