Pilgrimage in Abrahamic and Other Faiths: Recovering America’s Narrative of Religious Pluralism

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Michael Kuchinsky

Abstract

For much of its history, the United States (USA) has journeyed and been a place for journeys into the prospects and meanings of religious freedom and tolerance for many of the world’s peoples. Call it a type of national pilgrimage made up of many seekers and pilgrims who wanted the promise of religious pluralism. Today, most religious traditions, and certainly the Abrahamic faiths, embrace the task of pilgrimage as a means of restoring faith, affirming religious principles, and deepening the sense of purpose for the believer. In the essay, after reviewing the history and current practices of religious pilgrimages, I claim that inter-faith pilgrimages are a way to recover the narrative of religious pluralism in America. Moreover, the inter-faith pilgrimage on behalf of an exceptional national vision and narrative called religious pluralism and acceptance goes on.

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