1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism
The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism provides a robust and comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the literature in this growing sub-field of tourism.
This handbook is split into five distinct sections. The first section covers past and present debates regarding definitions, theories, and concepts related to religious and spiritual tourism. Subsequent sections focus on the supply and demand aspects of religious and spiritual tourism markets, and examine issues related to the management side of these markets around the world. Areas under examination include religious theme parks, the UNESCO branding of religious heritage, gender and performance, popular culture, pilgrimage, environmental impacts, and fear and terrorism, among many others. The final section explores emerging and future directions in religious and spiritual tourism, and proposes an agenda for further research.
Interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope through its authorship and content, this will be essential reading for all students, researchers, and academics interested in Tourism, Religion, Cultural Studies, and Heritage Studies.
Chapter 1: Investigating the intersections between religion, spiritualty, and tourism
Daniel H. Olsen and Dallen J. Timothy
Section I: Definitions, Theories, and Concepts
Chapter 2: Pilgrimages, journeys, and outings: The historical mobilities of religious praxis
Tony Seaton
Chapter 3: The political economy of religious and spiritual tourism
Dino Bozonelos
Chapter 4: The religious and spiritual dimensions of leisure travel
Paul Heintzman
Chapter 5: Religion, spirituality, and wellness tourism
Melanie Kay Smith
Chapter 6: A new spiritual marketplace: Comparing New Age and New Religious Movements in an age of spiritual and religious tourism
Carole M. Cusack
Chapter 7: Fan pilgrimage, religion, and spirituality
Daniel H. Olsen
Chapter 8: Secular pilgrimages in a post-secular world? Experiential journeys and hope for the future
Chadwick Co SU SY
Chapter 9: Pilgrimage, tourism, and peace building
Ian S. McIntosh
Section II: Spaces and Places
Chapter 10: Environment as a sacred space: Religious and spiritual tourism and environmental concerns in Hinduism
Rana P.B. Singh, Pravin S. Rana, Daniel H. Olsen
Chapter 11: Tourism and spirituality: Green places, blue spaces, and beyond
Richard A.J. Sharpley
Chapter 12: The religious and spiritual appeal of national parks
Thomas S. Bremer
Chapter 13: Religious theme parks
Lena Rose
Chapter 14: Religious and spiritual retreats
Brooke Schedneck
Chapter 15: Religious and spiritual world heritage sites
Michael Di Giovine
Section III: Motivations, Experiences, and Performance
Chapter 16: Travel motivations of pilgrims, religious tourists, and spirituality seekers
Darius Liutikas
Chapter 17: Volunteer tourism: A spiritual and religious journey of meaning, transcendence, and connectedness
Gregory Willson and Alison McIntosh
Chapter 18: Experiences along the Camino de Santiago
Sharenda H. Barlar
Chapter 19: Gender and performance in the context of religious and spiritual tourism: pilgrimage and sacred mobilities
Avril Madrell
Chapter 20: Issues of authenticity in religious and spiritual tourism
Maureen Griffiths and Maximiliano E. Korstanje
Chapter 21: Aftermath: Calculating the effects of pilgrimage
Purna Roy and Hillary Kaell
Section IV: Managing Religious and Spiritual Tourism
Chapter 22: Sociopolitical and economic implications of religious and spiritual tourism
Dallen J. Timothy
Chapter 23: The environmental impacts of religious and spiritual tourism
Kiran A, Shinde
Chapter 24: Marketing religious and spiritual tourism experiences
Farooq Haq
Chapter 25: Managing religious and spiritual tourism sites
Simon Coleman and Daniel H. Olsen
Chapter 26: Managing complex issues in religious and spiritual events, festivals and celebrations
Rev. Ruth Dowson
Chapter 27: The use of information and communication technologies in religious tourism
Suzanne Amaro, Cristina Barroco, and Paula Fonseca
Chapter 28: Interpreting religious and spiritual tourism destinations/sites
Tomasz Duda
Chapter 29: Coexistence between tourists and monks: Managing temple-stay tourism at Koyasan, Japan
Kaori Yanata and Richard A.J. Sharpley
Chapter 30: Food and religion: Tourism perspectives
Carlos Fernandez, Silvia Aulet, and Dallen J. Timothy
Chapter 31: Safety, fear, risk, and terrorism in the context of religious tourism
Maximiliano E. Korstanje and George Babu
Chapter 32: Religious and spiritual tourism: Sustainable development perspectives
Anna Trono
Section V: Emerging and Future Directions
Chapter 33: Religion, spiritualty, and tourism: Emerging and future directions
Dallen J. Timothy and Daniel H. Olsen
Biography
Daniel H. Olsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Brigham Young University, USA.
Dallen J. Timothy is a Professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University, USA.
