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Lourdes: Body And Spirit in the Secular Age | Ruth Harris

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Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as crucial in shaping how society should think about the mind, body and spirit. Since the ‘visions’ of Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 transformed the quiet Pyrenean town into an international tourist and pilgrimage destination, it has been a site for controversy. In her well-crafted and carefully researched book, Harris deftly places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country’s development.

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Lourdes: Body And Spirit in the Secular Age | Ruth Harris

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Compelling, multi-perspectival study of a shrine that, as the subtitle suggests, says much about both body and spirit in a secular age. It‘s refreshingly non-partisan and very well-written; exploring both the founding events and the shrine as an historical and ongoing place of pilgrimage. Not for the first time, I came away wishing that there were more books like this and with my conviction renewed that the world truly is a fascinating place.

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