The Motivations of Pilgrimage Walking the St.Olav Way in Norway

Walking pilgrimages are experiencing a revival, while at the same time a change of character in light of our changing times. Pilgrimage walking is increasingly taking on non-religious dimensions, related to a person’s self and health as seen on long-distance walking pilgrimages such as the Camino ro...

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Published in:The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Authors: Jørgensen, Nanna Natalia (Author) ; Eade, John 1946- (Author) ; Ekeland, Tor-Johan (Author) ; Lorentzen, Catherine (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology 2021
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 8, Pages: 110-126
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Olavsweg / Pilgrimage / Hiking / Spiritual tourism / Motivation / Self-knowledge / Self-healing
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Nature
B relatedness
B Fellowship
B self-therapy
B Health
B Meaning-making
B long-term pilgrimage
B Contemplation
B long-distance pilgrimage walking
B Motives
B repeating
B St. Olav Way
B solitariness
B Community
B motivational theories
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