Guest Editor’s Introduction

Spiritual Tourism

Authors

  • Alex Norman Western Sydney University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.37349

Keywords:

Spiritual Tourism

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Author Biography

  • Alex Norman, Western Sydney University

    Alex Norman is a senior lecturer at the Graduate Research School, Western Sydney University where he oversees the Master of Research programme. His research focuses on the intersection of travel and religions, particularly "spiritual tourism" about which he has published a book, Spiritual Tourism (Continuum 2011) and a number of articles. His current research is looking at the role that retreat practices play in everyday life.

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McCutcheon, Russell T. 1997 Manufacturing Religion: The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia. New York: Oxford University Press.

Olsen, Daniel H., and Anna Trono 2018 Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails: Sustainable Development and Management. Wallingford, UK: CABI. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781786390271.0000

Reader, Ian 2013 Pilgrimage in the Marketplace. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315885704

United Nations World Tourism Organization 2010 “International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008”. United Nations
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----- 2018 “2017 International Tourism Results: The Highest in Seven Years”. January 15, 2018. http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2018-01-15/2017-international-tourism-results-highest-seven-years

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Published

2018-10-15

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2018): Special Issue: Spiritual Tourism

Section

Editorial

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How to Cite

Norman, A. (2018). Guest Editor’s Introduction: Spiritual Tourism. Fieldwork in Religion, 13(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.37349