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Tracing Taizé: Rebuilding Global Solidarity Through Religious Pilgrimage, Dayna Tapp
Tracing Taizé: Rebuilding Global Solidarity Through Religious Pilgrimage, Dayna Tapp
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This study explores religious pilgrimage, specifically within the Christian tradition, and the individual experience of pilgrims as they travel to a small ecumenical village in Taizé, France. Taizé is a pilgrimage site drawing many young adults from around the world to spend a week or more at the village, participating in a variety of bible study groups, volunteer work, and personal reflection. Because many young adults are experiencing a transitional phase into adulthood with crucial decisions about academics and future life plans, Taizé provides a liminal space of validation and spiritual understanding. Through interviews with pilgrims on-site and ethnographic fieldwork …