Religious Tourism and Globalization: The Search for Identity and Transformative Experience (CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series)

By: Vitor Ambrósio and Silvia Aulet Serrallonga and Caglar Bideci and Mujde Bideci and Elzbieta Bilska-Wodecka and Dr Dino Bozonelos and Dr Nour Farra-Haddad and Stephen F. Haller and Jaffer Idris and Antonietta Ivona and Isilda Leitão and Dimitrios Mylonopoulos and Polyxeni Moira and Eleanor O’Keeffe and Spyridon Parthenis and Donatella Privitera and Ricardo Nicolas Progano and Alison T. Smith

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Synopsis: Is it possible to identify the positive and negative effects of globalization on religious tourism or to estimate the transformation of the internal and external constructs of pilgrimage by these effects? In order to address these questions, this book highlights the importance of the search for identity and transformative experience during religious tourism. It also looks at how, recently, globalization has played a part in the changes of the concept of personal and social identity and the transformative experience of pilgrimage. The chapters, consisting of carefully selected case studies, analyse possible effects including the adoption of different new rituals, new pilgrims' values, changes of tradition, acceptance of technologic innovations, development of new business models, and other environmental and sociocultural changes. The book provides: · a conceptual framework for understanding the impacts of globalization; · integrated cross-disciplinary approaches; and · an insight into major religious travel practices in the age of identity challenges and worldwide transformations. It will be suitable for researchers and students of religious tourism, pilgrimage, identity tourism, as well as related subjects such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, theology, history and cultural studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 208 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781800623675
Related ISBNs:: 9781800623651
Publisher:: CABI
Date of Addition:: 04/30/24
Copyrighted By:: CAB International
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Travel, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Darius Liutikas
Edited by:: Dr Razaq Raj