Search for dissertations about: "Religious tourism"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Religious tourism.

  2. 1. Post-Secular Tourism : A Study of Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela

    Author : Mats Nilsson; Thomas Blom; Lars Aronsson; Mekonnen Tesfahuney; Johan Hultman; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Post-Secular; Tourism; Pilgrimage; Sacred Place; Santiago de Compostela; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography; Turismvetenskap; Turismvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis takes its starting-point in the post-secular changes in society and how these interplay with tourism. In spite of the intensive academic debate on and theorisation of the post-secular and post-secularism, the role of tourism in this change, called the return of religion, has not been studied. READ MORE

  4. 2. In Search of the Self: A Study of the International Scene of Modern Advaitic Satsang in Present-Day Rishikesh

    Author : Elin Thorsén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Advaita; Neo-Advaita; Satsang; Rishikesh; Guru movements; Translocative religion; Spiritual tourism; Religion and globalization;

    Abstract : The north Indian pilgrimage town Rishikesh has since the late 1990’s become something of a center for the international scene of Modern Advaita. An increasing number of teachers and adherents from mainly Western countries have started to gather there for a few weeks each spring to engage in satsang, a form of dialogical lectures, in these cases based on contemporary interpretations of the classical Indian philosophical system Advaita (“nondual”) Vedānta. READ MORE

  5. 3. Identity politics and city planning : the case of Jerusalem

    Author : Ann-Catrin Andersson; Ingemar Elander; Karin Aggestam; Helena Lindholm Schultz; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Jerusalem; territoriality; national identity; commemorations; identity discourse; identity politics; commemorative narratives; city planning; traditional Zionism; place-making; city policy; green Zionism; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : Jerusalem is the declared capital of Israel, fundamental to Jewish tradition, and a contested city, part of the Israel–Palestine conflict. Departing from an analysis of mainly interviews and policy documents, this study aims to analyze the interplay between the Israeli identity politics of Jerusalem and city planning. READ MORE