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From medieval pilgrimage to religious tourism : the social and cultural economics of piety
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From medieval pilgrimage to religious tourism : the social and cultural economics of piety

Author: William H Swatos; Luigi Tomasi
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Series: Religion in the age of transformation
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: William H Swatos; Luigi Tomasi
ISBN: 0275973840 9780275973841
OCLC Number: 48092206
Description: xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1 Homo Viator: From Pilgrimage to Religious Tourism -- via the Journey -- Luigi Tomasi -- 2 The Holy Man as Traveler and Travel Attraction: Early -- Christian Asceticism and the Moral Problematic of -- Modernity -- Judith Adler -- 3 The Sociology of Medieval Pilgrimage: Contested Views -- and Shifting Boundaries -- Lutz Kaelber -- 4 Pilgrimages of Yesterday, Jubilees of Today -- Maria I. Macioti -- 5 New Canterbury Trails: Pilgrimage and Tourism in -- Anglican London -- William H. Swatos, Jr. -- 6 Popular Religion and Pilgrimages in Western Europe -- Liliane Voye -- 7 Contemporary Pagan Pilgrimages -- Michael York -- 8 Visitation to Disaster Sites -- Anthony J. Blasi -- 9 Our Lady of Clear*ater: Postmodern Traditionalism -- William H. Swatos, Jr. -- 10 Kathmandu and Home Again: A Cautionary Tale -- Richard Quinney -- Epilogue: Pilgrimage for a New Millennium -- William H. Swatos, Jr., and Luigi Tomasi -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Series Title: Religion in the age of transformation
Responsibility: edited by William H. Swatos, Jr. and Luigi Tomasi.
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