Interpreting Contemporary Pilgrimage as Spiritual Journey or Aesthetic Tourism Along the Appalachian Trail
Pilgrimage and tourism can be interpreted as overlapping travel experiences. Given all the changes mass transportation and communication technologies have brought, understanding the phenomenon of pilgrimage becomes fraught with ambiguity. Is pilgrimage better understood as a tourist excursion that a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin Institute of Technology
[2018]
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The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 78-88 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Appalachian Trail
/ Long-distance trail
/ Hiking
/ Nature
/ Spirituality
/ Pilgrimage
/ Spiritual tourism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America ZA Social sciences ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Spiritual Journey
B Appalachian tral B aesthetic tourist B Pilgrimage |
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