Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage write by Avril Maddrell. This book was released on 2014-12-05. Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume provides a theoretically and empirically-grounded study of the significance of landscape in the experience of Christian pilgrimage across different denominations and its intersection with cultural heritage and tourism. The book focuses on pilgrimages to Meteora (Greece), Subiaco (Italy) and the Isle of Man. These are each sites of scenic beauty that boast a rich heritage associated respectively to Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Ecumenical/ Protestant denominations. The study discusses different Christian theologies, practices and perspectives on the nature and the purpose of pilgrimage in these traditions. It draws on participant experiential accounts, archival research, and interviews with clergy, laity and local stakeholders. Special attention is paid to the themes of sacred space and practice, aesthetics, mobilities, embodiment and performance, emotional geographies, theology, cultural heritage, consumption and commodification, and the pilgrim-tourist continuum.
Christian Pilgrimage
Christian Pilgrimage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Christian Pilgrimage write by Avril Maddrell. This book was released on 2014. Christian Pilgrimage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage
Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage write by Avril Maddrell. This book was released on 2014-12-05. Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume provides a theoretically and empirically-grounded study of the significance of landscape in the experience of Christian pilgrimage across different denominations and its intersection with cultural heritage and tourism. The book focuses on pilgrimages to Meteora (Greece), Subiaco (Italy) and the Isle of Man. These are each sites of scenic beauty that boast a rich heritage associated respectively to Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Ecumenical/ Protestant denominations. The study discusses different Christian theologies, practices and perspectives on the nature and the purpose of pilgrimage in these traditions. It draws on participant experiential accounts, archival research, and interviews with clergy, laity and local stakeholders. Special attention is paid to the themes of sacred space and practice, aesthetics, mobilities, embodiment and performance, emotional geographies, theology, cultural heritage, consumption and commodification, and the pilgrim-tourist continuum.
Contemporary Christian Travel
Contemporary Christian Travel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Christian Travel write by Amos S. Ron. This book was released on 2018-11-01. Contemporary Christian Travel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is the first to examine the depth, complexity and uniqueness of global Christian pilgrimage, travel and tourism, and how they manifest in terms of both supply and demand. It explores the places and spaces of production and consumption of this increasingly important tourism phenomenon. The volume considers the foundational elements of the attractiveness of places according to Christian thinking – spirit of place, scriptural connections, art and architecture, contrived/themed environments, programmed events, volunteer travel opportunities, and visiting local communities by way of solidarity tourism and mission work. It includes a wide range of examples from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America and will be of interest to researchers and students in religious studies, tourism, pilgrimage studies, geography, anthropology and Christianity studies.
Encountering the Sacred
Encountering the Sacred - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encountering the Sacred write by Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony. This book was released on 2005-12-30. Encountering the Sacred available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Annotation A study of the response (political and theological) of early Christian intellectuals to the widespread practice of pilgrimage to holy places in Palestine.
