TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cusack, Carole M.,
AU  - Norman, Alex,
TI  - Religion, pilgrimage, and tourism: critical concepts in religious studies  
SN  - 9781138014886 (Set);9781138786585 (volume  1);9781138786592 (volume 2);9781138786608 (volume 3);9781138786615 (volume 4)
AV  - BL 619.P5 .R279 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London ;;New York
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Heritage tourism
KW  - Pilgrims and pilgrimages
KW  - Tourism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Volume I. Methodology -- Volume II. Historical studies -- Volume III. Modern religious pilgrimage -- Volume IV. Secular pilgrimage and spiritual tourism
N2  - For as long as human beings have existed they have been interested in travel. Their homelands and cultural norms have always been constructed with reference to, or contrasted with, the lands and habits of 'the Other'. Implicit in this statement is the notion that some places are more special (perhaps sacred) than others, and this is the core of the intimate relationship between human beings, place and travel, and religion--
ER  -