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Religious tourism: its nature and function

Title	Religious tourism: its nature and function
Author	Allahkaram Karampur
Publication Date:	1394-06
Subject	pilgrimage, religious tourism, social reality, the divine
Type	Periodical
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of Toronto
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2322-2506, EISSN: 2588-4700
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_51c5b302a9304533a0880ec7d2279ff6
Library Location	Directory of Open Access Journals
Date	1394-06
Notes	Assistant professor and faculty member at The University of Religions & Denominations This paper aims to review religious tourism (also commonly referred to as faith tourism). The subject matter of this study is firstly investigated with respect to content and meaning and then its function and role in three following levels of reality are explored: social, cultural and spiritual. In these threefold levels, religious tourism is recognized as a social construct as well as a cultural and spiritual need which plays an important role in human solidarity and convergence. And finally in a triple conceptual framework, God-seeking, altruism and self-discovery are explained and classified in Islamic view.
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Religious tourism: its nature and function

Author Allahkaram Karampur

Publication Date 1394-06

Subject pilgrimage, religious tourism, social reality, the divine

Type Periodical

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of Toronto

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2322-2506, EISSN: 2588-4700

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_51c5b302a9304533a0880ec7d2279ff6

Library Location Directory of Open Access Journals

Date 1394-06

Notes Assistant professor and faculty member at The University of Religions & Denominations This paper aims to review religious tourism (also commonly referred to as faith tourism). The subject matter of this study is firstly investigated with respect to content and meaning and then its function and role in three following levels of reality are explored: social, cultural and spiritual. In these threefold levels, religious tourism is recognized as a social construct as well as a cultural and spiritual need which plays an important role in human solidarity and convergence. And finally in a triple conceptual framework, God-seeking, altruism and self-discovery are explained and classified in Islamic view.

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