This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern
world. It considers questions such as: do travellers leave their religion at home when they …

The paper examines the likelihood of mainstream (US general sample) and special interest
tourists (literary society members) travelling to English literary tourism destinations. The …

Burgeoning literature on sacred travel among contemporary Pagan and New Age
communities draws on previous anthropological categories, but also offers new perspectives …

The book examines how 'spirituality'has emerged as a relatively 'silent'category with which
people often signal that they are looking for a way to navigate between the categories of the …

Eduardo Chemin obtained his PhD in Sociology and Philosophy from the University of
Exeter (UK), where he studied the relation between religion and consumer culture in …

Religious tourism is a phenomenon that includes many different types of activities, from
pilgrimages to visits to Notre Dame in Paris. While much of the literature relating to religious …

This article examines the phenomenon of viewing life cycle stages associated with
reproduction as commodities, and how this has paved the way for developing and marketing …

Can we speak about an anthropology of diaspora and transnationalism? This chapter seeks
to answer this question in three ways. Firstly, in briefly addressing the history of …

In recent years an increasing number of travelers have visited sites considered 'power
places', with the intention of tapping into their energy and the experiential transformation and …

This chapter focuses on pilgrimage as part of changing structures of society in Europe. In
present-day Europe pilgrimage is flourishing, despite trends of secularization and a notable …