Not exact matches
In the tradition
of revivalism and mass evangelism in America, however, so much attention was given to conversion that the other five sixths
of the convert's life were simply neglected, with the
result that most converts aborted their
pilgrimage near its beginning.
As a
result, «ideas
of purity and impurity» which were so pervasive in the lives
of Hindus have become much weaker, and in the life - style
of the middle class they are «becoming confined to rites
of passage,
pilgrimages and a few festivals».
The striking works
of Pratt, India and Its Faiths (1915) and A
Pilgrimage of Buddhism (1928) did much to make these religions come alive for the first time for many Western readers; for Pratt had a gift not only
of brilliance but
of extraordinary human sympathy.10 These are clear instances
of the increasing mobility
of modern man: each book was written as the
result of travel in the East.
But as their
pilgrimage to American begins, Jon's dream for fame, success and the spotlight, begins to clash with the rest
of these eccentric musicians and especially Clara (often with hysterically funny
results).
Thankfully, the end
result is much more than a pale imitation
of the developer's obvious muse, as Layers
of Fear consistently succeeds in delivering an incredibly tense, terrifying and unpredictable
pilgrimage into the mind
of a madman.
> The First Crusade (1096 — 1099) started as a widespread
pilgrimage (France and Germany) and ended as a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests
of the Levant (632 — 661), ultimately
resulting in the recapture
of Jerusalem in 1099.