A Touristic Angle of Vision

Tourist Studies as a Methodological Approach for the Study of Religions

Bibliographic Data

ID4299356
AuthorsThomas S Bremer, Thomas Bremer (0009-0007-4137-4550, Rhodes College, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume8
Issue12
Pages371-379
Publication date2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligion Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/rec3.12140
OpenAlexW1596543603
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

Studying religions through the framework of tourist studies destabilizes conventional notions of 'religion' and introduces new questions for historians and other scholars who study religions in the Americas as well as for the academic study of religions more broadly. This essay briefly reviews key themes in regard to religious tourism, then considers some of the methodological and theoretical advantages of employing a touristic approach to the study of religions, and ends by suggesting avenues that show promise for future studies that pair religion and tourism. It includes discussions of religious pilgrimage, religious places and events that attract tourist visitors, and tourist destinations that feature religious themes or are intended to appeal specifically to religious adherents. It also discusses key theoretical works in developing a tourist studies methodological approach for the academic study of religions

Aesthetics · Appeal · Archaeology · Comparative religion · Destinations · Epistemology · Geography · Pilgrimage · Political science · Religious experience · Religious Tourism · Sociology · Tourism · Tourist destinations · Anthropology · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Halal products and consumer behavior · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Ecology

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