Contemporary Hospitality in a Catholic Pilgrimage

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  • キリスト教巡礼におけるホスピタリティの現在
  • キリスト教巡礼におけるホスピタリティの現在 : サンティアゴ巡礼の巡礼宿とオスピタレロに着目した人類学的研究
  • キリストキョウ ジュンレイ ニ オケル ホスピタリティ ノ ゲンザイ : サンティアゴ ジュンレイ ノ ジュンレイ ヤド ト オスピタレロ ニ チャクモク シタ ジンルイガクテキ ケンキュウ
  • An Anthropological Study Focusing on Pilgrim Hostels and <i>Hospitaleros</i> on the <i>Camino de Santiago</i>
  • サンティアゴ巡礼の巡礼宿とオスピタレロに着目した人類学的研究

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Abstract

The Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James), a Catholic pilgrimage route ending at Santiago de Compostela, a sacred shrine in Spain, was initiated in the Middle Ages. Once an important pilgrimage, the popularity of the Camino declined in later centuries. After having attracted few pilgrims for a long time, it drastically suffered from the effects of secularization. However, the number of pilgrims began increasing after 1993, the Holy Year of St. James (i.e., Santiago), when the Camino was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This study examines the issue of how the spirit of hospitality is maintained in the present day by focusing on the hospitaleros, volunteer attendants who care for and receive pilgrims in the albergues (pilgrim hostels).<br> Three key findings are analyzed. First, we consider the historical changes in the role of the albergue attendant, from religious actors like monks, nuns, or priests to secularized hospitaleros. Second, based upon our fieldwork in an albergue, we examine how hospitality is reconstructed day by day through interactions, as well as conflicts, between hospitaleros and pilgrims, hospitaleros and albergue hosts, and among the hospitaleros themselves. Third, we discuss the preservation and continuation of the tradition of hospitality on the Camino through an improved system for placing hospitaleros in pilgrim hostels, including a training program for hospitaleros.

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