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Religious Pilgrimage: Experiencing Places, Objects And Events, Ruth Dowson (Rev.)
Religious Pilgrimage: Experiencing Places, Objects And Events, Ruth Dowson (Rev.)
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
This article explores the concept of the Eventization of faith (Pfadenhauer, 2010) through application of three case studies, to identify learning that might be applied to a traditional pilgrimage destination, such as Jerusalem. This Holy City is held sacred by the three Abrahamic religions, and faith-based tourism is central both to the Holy Land and to the city of Jerusalem (Leppakari & Griffin, 2017).
This paper builds on research that identifies processes and models that provide insight into the developing concept of the eventization of faith. The work examines outcomes from three different perspectives:
- The impact of traditional church-led …
Ijrtp Title Page Editorial And Table Of Contents Vol. 8(6), Rev., Dr. Maria Leppäkari, Razaq Raj, Vincent Zammit
Ijrtp Title Page Editorial And Table Of Contents Vol. 8(6), Rev., Dr. Maria Leppäkari, Razaq Raj, Vincent Zammit
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
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The Imprint Of The Pilgrimage An Ethnography Of A Tattoo Studio In Jerusalem, Mustafa Diktaş
The Imprint Of The Pilgrimage An Ethnography Of A Tattoo Studio In Jerusalem, Mustafa Diktaş
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Several major religions exhibit complex attitudes towards self-mutilation and adornment. Judaism, Islam, and Christianity forbid marking the body and associate it with sin. Still, many people apparently have continued to feel a need for confirmation of their religion and their religious journeys by marking their bodies. This ethnographic study focuses on the recent situation in pilgrimage tattooing, utilising the local and daily processes of a tattoo shop called Razzouk Tattoo located in the Christian quarter of the old city of Jerusalem. The aim of this paper is not only to give a panoptic view of the tattoo studio but also …