Looking at pilgrimages and journeys that people from the six major world faiths make to sacred places around the world. Find out where Christians go to visit the sites of miracles, why Hindus travel to bathe in holy rivers and why Jews visit the Wailing Wall. First-hand accounts describe the journeys people make in their own words, while extracts from ancient religious texts show some of the origins of the pilgrimages.

 

This book features in the following series: Ceremonies And Celebrati, Ceremonies And Celebrations .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .

The author Sue Kendall was an RE co-ordinator in primary schools before moving into Higher Education, where she lectures RE to teacher training students. She is a member of the SHAP working party on World Religions.