TY - JOUR
AU1 - Young, Donna
AB - nnn The ‘Empty Tomb’ as Metaphor Finding Comfort in Nothingness Donna Young ABSTRACT: i Th s article considers the ways in which Roman Catholic pilgrims on a tour in the Holy Land reacted to displays of emotion, exposing both the fragility and the strength of a religious community struggling with uncertainties concerning belief and practice. Participants focused on a reading of the biblical gospel that, in its original form, omitted the story of Christ’s resurrection. e Th pilgrims were encouraged to iden- tify themselves with the earliest Christians confronted by an empty tomb and to explore the lessons in Mark’s gospel for a community of Christians in crisis. e Th ‘empty tomb’ is read here as a metaphor for the ‘limits of meaning’, found in all practices of interpreta- tion, whether exegetical or anthropological. Attention is focused on how various actors responded to each other and to a place, the Holy Land, which challenges the interpre- tive skills of most, particularly those encouraged to remain open and respectful of the stories and religious traditions of others. KEYWORDS: chiasm, Christian community, emotion, Holy Land, pilgrimage, Roman Catholic Church, tomb As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed 
TI - The 'Empty Tomb' as Metaphor: Finding Comfort in Nothingness
JF - Religion and Society
DO - 10.3167/arrs.2014.050111
DA - 2014-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/berghahn-books/the-empty-tomb-as-metaphor-finding-comfort-in-nothingness-QsPVVbjhd0
SP - 173
EP - 185
VL - 5
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -