The Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia was created to facilitate the study of pilgrimage through two primary mechanisms.
First, the Institute provides support for the international Consortium on Pilgrimage studies. The Institute supports the Consortium by:
Sums up basic aspects of women and pilgrimage for this encyclopedia on women and gender.
Explores aspects of gender and women with pilgrimage practice. Theoretical, art historical, literary, and historical aspects.
Religious pluralism; inter-faith; urban theology; pilgrimage as a metaphor; migration; Lourdes
BBC blog on pilgrimage.
Connections between pilgrimage and home life; Catholic/Protestant (evangelical) comparisons; Ritual and material practice/aesthetics; Lived religion (popular practice); American Christian global connections/travel.