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Hosted by renowned writer and television personality Bruce Feiler (author of four New York Times best-selling books about religion, and host of Walking the Bible), Sacred Journeys is a six-part series about pilgrimage around the world. The fi rst episode Journeys to Jerusalem follows the journeys of three pilgrims--one Christian, one Jewish and one Muslim--as they travel to Jerusalem, a sacred spiritual center for all three religions. Other pilgrimages include: Shikoku, Japan, where an eight hundred mile walking pilgrimage takes sojourners to eighty-eight Buddhist shrines; Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the sacred site for more than 1.5 billion Muslims who must travel there at least once in their lifetime in order to fulfill one of their sacred duties; Lourdes, France, a destination for Catholic pilgrims in search of its healing powers; Banaras, India, where Hindus seek to purify themselves in the Ganges, or to travel to the next world; and Mexico City, where the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe has become the most visited shrine in the Western Hemisphere.
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