In Christian Pilgrimage And Faith: Buddhism, Christianity

The word pilgrimage is a common word in most religions, however it is taken in different context for each and every religion that utilizes this term. Pilgrimage is described as a journey with purpose into what each religion recognizes as a holy or sacred place. These journeys often have a motive or a reason behind why one feels the need to take on this journey and why it must go to that chosen destination, however many religions have different sacred places, some mandatory and some voluntary. It is the voluntary pilgrimage experiences that can arise question as to why an individual feels the need to undergo into a pilgrimage journey and the underlying motives as well as the reasoning behind their motives. After reading the scholarly article by Eleonore Villarrubia, “Catholic Pilgrimage: a Spiritual Journey”, “Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam” and
The Anglican group of pilgrims consisted of two ministers who perform readings of the bible and allocated this readings to certain places in which the stories may have occurred and 49 followers from Great Britain. Throughout the journey the author explains the reactions, the growing faith, and the framing process. The author concludes that Christian pilgrim groups come to these sites seeking to experience a holy feeling and experience Jesus’ journey, Vida Bajc states that these pilgrims feel as though they relived history and undergo meta-framing that will shape their experience and their faith according to their previous knowledge of the bible