Religion, pilgrimage, and tourism
By: edited by Alex Norman and Carole M. Cusack
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781138014886; 9781138786585; 9781138786592
Subjects: Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Tourism; Religious aspects; Heritage tourism; RELIGION / General
Description: "For as long as human beings have existed they have been interested in travel. Their homelands and cultural norms have always been constructed with reference to, or contrasted with, the lands and habits of 'the Other'. Implicit in this statement is the notion that some places are more special (perhaps sacred) than others, and this is the core of the intimate relationship between human beings, place and travel, and religion"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume I. Methodology; title: Volume II. Historical studies; title: Volume III. Modern religious pilgrimage; title: Volume IV. Secular pilgrimage and spiritual tourism.