Description
Book SynopsisReligious heritage and sacred sites offer an opportunity for visitors to explore a community's cultural knowledge. However, it is important to consider the role of interpretation, meaning, experience and narrative. This book is a timely re-assessment of the increasing interconnections between the management of diversity and religious tourism, and secular spaces on a global stage. It explores key learning points from a range of contemporary case studies on religious and pilgrimage activity; these relate to ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations, and new forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities. By providing a conceptual framework, the book demonstrates the symbolism of sacred spaces within religious traditions and the relationships developed between them. It offers explanations on how to manage and communicate religious diversity and provides a solid overview of: Religious tourism as a tool for intercultural dialogue; Interpretation of religious heritage for tourism; Cross-cultural contacts. This book will provide a valuable resource for those researching and practising tourism management, pilgrimage and religious tourism.
Table of Contents1: Introduction Part 1: Conceptual Approaches 2: The Semantics of the Sacred: A Tool for Interreligious Dialogue 3: The Symbolism of Sacred Space 4: The Symbolism of the Built Temple 5: Images as an Embodiment of the Sacred 6: Bible and Religious Tourism: Some Cultural Proposals 7: Revalorization of Europe’s Natural Areas of Spiritual Value and Pilgrimage Routes: Inspirational Tendencies Part 2: Strategies and Tools for Management 8: Interpretation Tools for Religious Heritage 9: Religious Tourism, Pilgrimage: Manifestation of Peace and Enlightenment in Contemporary Religions with Special Reference to Islam 10: Does a Religious Tourist Need a Guide? Interpretation and Storytelling in Sacred Places 11: Pilgrimage Tourism and Social Media: A Way Forward in the 21st Century? Part 3: Case Studies 12: Transformation of Cultural Identity, Tourism and Intercultural Dialogue: Medieval World Heritage Sites in Serbia between Cultural Monuments and Shrines 13: Llull, a Traveller in the Service of the Faith 14: Taking Part in a Pilgrimage by Hosting Pilgrims 15: The Diachrony of Landscapes: A Way of Sightseeing 16: Future for Religious Heritage and the Benefits of European Cooperation 17: Updating a Romantic View? Ruskin’s Mornings in Florence
