The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism

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1 Investigating the intersections between religion, spirituality, and tourism
SECTION I: Definitions, theories, and concepts
	2 Pilgrimages, journeys, and outings: the historical mobilities of religious praxis
	3 The political economy of religious and spiritual tourism
	4 The religious and spiritual dimensions of leisure travel
	5 Religion, spirituality, and wellness tourism
	6 A new spiritual marketplace: comparing new age and new religious movements in an age of spiritual and religious tourism
	7 Fan pilgrimage, religion, and spirituality
	8 Secular pilgrimages in a post-secular world? experiential journeys and hope for the future
	9 Pilgrimage, tourism, and peace building
SECTION II: Spaces and places
	10 Environment as a sacred space: religious and spiritual tourism and environmental concerns in Hinduism
	11 Tourism and spirituality: green places, blue spaces, and beyond
	12 The religious and spiritual appeal of national parks
	13 Religious theme parks
	14 Religious and spiritual retreats
	15 Religious and spiritual world heritage sites
SECTION III: Motivations, experiences, and performance
	16 Travel motivations of pilgrims, religious tourists, and spirituality seekers
	17 Volunteer tourism: a spiritual and religious journey of meaning, transcendence, and connectedness
	18 Experiences along the Camino de Santiago
	19 Gender and performance in the context of religious and spiritual tourism: pilgrimage and sacred mobilities
	20 Issues of authenticity in religious and spiritual tourism
	21 Aftermath: calculating the effects of pilgrimage
SECTION IV: Managing religious and spiritual tourism
	22 Sociopolitical and economic implications of religious and spiritual tourism
	23 The environmental impacts of religious and spiritual tourism
	24 Marketing religious and spiritual tourism experiences
	25 Managing religious and spiritual tourism sites
	26 Managing complex issues in religious and spiritual events, festivals and celebrations
	27 The use of information and communication technologies in religious tourism
	28 Interpreting religious and spiritual tourism destinations/sites
	29 Coexistence between tourists and monks: managing temple-stay tourism at Koyasan, Japan
	30 Food and religion: tourism perspectives
	31 Safety, fear, risk, and terrorism in the context of religious tourism
	32 Religious and spiritual tourism: sustainable development perspectives
SECTION V: Emerging and future directions
	33 Religion, spirituality, and tourism: emerging and future directions
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