Tourism

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Abstract

Tourism phenomena provide researchers with useful opportunities for studying Christian populations. While research focus has largely been upon institutionally sanctioned traditions of travel such as pilgrimages, the ways in which Christians participate in other forms of tourism are increasingly understood as important indicators of group and individual identity. Indeed, there are a range of ways that Christian tourists travel that may have nothing to do with ‘Christianity’, and that may not primarily be motivated by notions of sacrality or salvation, but which still have meaning in their lives. As tourism constitutes part of the lived experience of many Christians, scholars seeking to understand people and practices rather than institutions and texts have an interest in investigating it. This chapter outlines avenues of enquiry that might shape the study of Christians doing tourism. Those investigating phenomena involving Christian tourists can use these outlines to help design research projects that adopt both the ‘Lived Religion’ paradigm and tourist studies perspective.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Bloomsbury Handbook to Studying Christians
EditorsGeorge D. Chryssides, Stephen E. Gregg
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherBloomsbury Academic
Pages235-238
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781350043404
ISBN (Print)9781350043381
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • religion
  • tourism
  • Christians

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