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Religious Heritage Tourism: The St. Paul Trail Project In Troas, Mustafa Boz

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Today many tourists wish to explore different cultures, and thus, visit cultural, historical and religious sites. The WTO estimates that each year between 300-330 million tourists visit the most important religious sites in the world. Religious tourism is purported to foster socio-economic development of host communities and promote awareness of the historical, cultural, traditional, and artistic heritage values of destinations. Host destinations increasingly create and offer cultural and religious routes as tourism products, so that the staying duration of tourists can be extended and revenues can be increased. One such destination, where religious / pilgrim tourism is growing in popularity …

New Age Visitors And The Tourism Industry, Peter Wiltshier

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This conceptual paper establishes a framework for socially constructed research activity to help gauge the intention of travellers in more-developed countries (MDC) of the wealthy and largely affluent North to undertake forms of continuing personal and professional development (CPD) through their travel experiences. Human physiological needs have in large already been achieved for many in more developed countries and exceeded in terms of nourishment and entertainment. Humans are social and societal creatures and in need of realisation of their spiritual, intellectual and societal choices and selections. New spiritual values are threatened by monetarism, by an ‘enveloping outside world’, as Giddens …

Terrorism In The Middle East: Implications On Egyptian Travel And Tourism, Tamer Z.F Mohamed, Tamer S. Elseyoufi

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This paper attempts to shed the light on challenging issues affecting travel and tourism industry especially in the Middle East such as political, socio-economic and security instability. Due to its geopolitical and historical importance, the paper focuses on the situation in Egypt as a descriptive case study. The methodology relies on historical review and impact assessment to understand the roots and extended branches of instability in the Middle East that led to the Arab Spring, by focusing on the Egyptian case in the last half century. The assessment explains the negative effect of Western and Egyptian policy on extending the …

The Impact Of Smart Media Technologies (Smt) On The Spiritual Experience Of Hajj Pilgrims, Jahanzeeb Qurashi, Richard A. Sharpley

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Over the last three decades, information and communication technologies have advanced rapidly and continue to do so. Nowadays, the popularity and spread of socalled Smart Media Technologies (SMT) is not only transforming the lives of tourists around the world in general, but is impacting on the experience of pilgrims on the Hajj in Saudi Arabia in particular. Indeed, the Saudi government has undertaken a number of initiatives to encourage the use of SMT in the religious tourism industry. Specifically, the availability of SMT services such as Hajj Apps, E-bracelets for pilgrims, free WIFI and mobile charging services in Grand Mosques …

Transformative Potential Of A Short-Term Mission Trip Experience, Patrick J. Holladay

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

With the United Nations World Tourism Organization forecasting 2 billion international tourists by the 2030 there is something to consider. A volume of travel to such a scale means an opportunity to harness the tourism industry to bring people closer to Jesus. This exploratory paper begins an exploration of Christians travel experiences and transformative impacts of those experiences through interactions with other Christians. Using data from a group text messages and a personal journal, this paper presents how one specific trip type - short-term mission - influences the ‘exchanged life’ first posited by the missionary Hudson Taylor in the 1800s. …

Reflections Of Hajj And Umrah Pilgrimage On Religious Stores In Mugla-Turkey, Onur Akbulut, Yakin Ekin

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Islam’s Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages comprise two of the oldest forms of religious tourism. Hajj and Umrah have some specific features which come from the Holy Quran and thus, those individuals wanting to participate in the pilgrimages have a number of needs and requirements, both before and after their journey. Therefore, this study is intended to present a profile of religious stores based on a tourist’s origin and destination. It concentrates on a relatively less studied component of pilgrimage tourism, this being religious stores, which mainly cater for potential pilgrims of Hajj and Umrah. These stores provide a contribution to …

Spatial Changes Of Pilgrimage Centers In Pilgrimage Studies – Review And Contribution To Future Research, Justyna Liro, Izabela Sołjan, Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Pilgrimages and pilgrimage centres are a subject of research often undertaken from the perspective of geographic sciences. Geographical research on pilgrimage movement and sanctuaries is important due to its focus on the spatial aspect. This article analyses the current state of research on pilgrimage centres. The main trends of the current studies include: the phenomenon of pilgrimage in terms of religion, society, culture and tourism; as well as its impact, including on the development of the settlement and; studies of pilgrimage centres, in particular their impact on space in various spatial and temporal scales, as well as; the conclusions drawn …

Editorial : Cabi Religious Tourism And Pilgrimage Book Series, Kevin Griffin, Razaq Raj

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

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Title Page And Table Of Contents Vol 6(Iii), Kevin Griffin, Razaq Raj

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

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Full Issue Fall 2018, Byu Criterion

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Contributors Page Fall 2018, Byu Criterion

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Challenging A Stereotype: Female Nature In Rape Of The Lock And "Saturday. Small-Pox. Flavia.", Elizabeth Smith

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Wonder Woman's Fight For Autonomy: How Patty Jenkins Did What No Man Could, Hanann Morris

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Excavating Friel Through Post-Christian Theory, Ryan Meservey

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Empowered Motherhood In Tracy K. Smith's Ordinary Light, Rilley Kaye Mckenna

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Navigating Orthodoxy: The Calvinist Self In Lucy Hutchinson's On The Principles Of The Christian Religion, Jeremy Loutensock

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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The "Cursed Self": Anxiety And Unspoken Curses In Richard Iii, Hannah Laudermilch

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Our Day Will Come, Heidi Moe Graviet

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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The Power Of Identity Forged Through Border Crossing, Mallory Lynn Dickson

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Annunciation, Crucifixion, Resurrection: Christian Symbolism In Joyce's "The Dead", Noelle Dickerson

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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The Devaluation Of Consent In The Rape Of Lucrece, Anisa Call

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Editors' Note Fall 2018, Byu Criterion

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Contents Page Fall 2018, Byu Criterion

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Front Matter Fall 2018, Byu Criterion

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Investigation Of The Pressed Grunt Cement Blocks, A,A Tulaganov, I.M Hadjiev, E.D Ismailov

Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education

In order to increase the strength and seismicity of the traditional grunt cement blocks, the grunt cement block is proposed to be pressed together with fiber waste and data on the study of grunt cement blocks made from local raw materials are provided.

Quality Improvement Initiative Aimed At Reducing Catheter-Associated Infections And Foley Days In The Surgical Setting, Linda D'Antonio

Seton Hall University DNP Final Projects

Purpose: This purpose of this project was to implement a quality improvement initiative

focusing on reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in the surgical setting of Overlook Hospital Medical Center. The project looked at current literature which discussed evidence-based and best practice used in preventing CAUTIs. The literature was presented to nurses and staff in the surgical setting.

Significance: The significance of the project was to initiate quality improvement by teaching

staff evidence-based and best practice in Foley usage and maintenance to reduce the frequency of

CAUTIs.

Methods: This project employed …

Friends Establish Scholarship To Honor Women's Council President, Bill Dabney, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

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Obit - Harold Malehorn, Journal-Gazette Times-Courier

EIU in the News

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Stroke Clinical Order Pathway Education (Scope) For Apns, Varsha Singh

Seton Hall University DNP Final Projects

More than 795,000 American adults have a stroke annually. About 610,000 are first or new strokes. Almost 140,000 Americans of all ages die of a stroke every year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). Stroke requires emergent treatment and an exact clinical order pathway to ensure better patient outcomes and compliance with the standards of care defined by regulatory bodies such as the Joint Commission (TJC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). While stroke management teams often include an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), there is a lack of a standardized protocol across New Jersey (NJ) …

Tense Sensitivity Of Shambala Relative Markers, Salehe Kaoneka

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

This article goes a step ahead from the focus of relative clause formation strategies in Shambala provided in previous Shambala studies (c.f. Besha, 200; and Riedel, 2009). It describes relative formation strategies in the Shambala Bantu language (G.23) by focusing on the analysis of the constraints posed by relative markers on tense systems of the language. The study reveals three important issues: first, the positioning of the Shambala relative markers is highly constrained by tense; second, in unmarked situations, every relative marker is restricted to a particular tense; and third, when marked, some relative markers may refer to other tenses …