A pilgrimage to eternity : from Canterbury to Rome in search of a faith / Timothy Egan.

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 emb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Egan, Timothy (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York City : Viking, [2019]
Subjects:
Egan, Timothy > Travel.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Europe.
HISTORY / Europe / General.
RELIGION / History.
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Europe.
Travel writing.
Genre:
Travel writing.
Physical Description:367 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Quest: Land of kings & athiests. London falling
  • A Canterbury Tale
  • At the cliff of the kingdom
  • Besieged at Calais
  • The Lost City of Saint-Omer
  • A night at the monastery
  • War and peace on the Western front
  • The miracles of Laon
  • Sluts and saints along the Chemin des Dames
  • When God anointed kings
  • The highest use of monks
  • Napoleon was bullied here
  • Wars of religion
  • Wanderings
  • Lost: Land of heretics & heroes. The hollowed house of light [House of Enlightenment]
  • United Europe's ticking clock
  • The betrayal
  • Refuge and reform
  • A theocracy on the lake
  • The permanent prayer of Saint-Maurice
  • Answers: Land of miracles & wonder. A pilgrim over the Alps
  • Monastery in the sky
  • Mountain myths
  • Proving the existence of God
  • A farewell to Augustine
  • A series of unfortunate events in a small car
  • The way out of a labyrinth
  • In the path of the little poor man
  • Allegories on the wall
  • The miracle of Montefiascone
  • The women who live forever
  • Companions of the Camino
  • Pilgrim's Progress.