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Contemporary Christian Travel: Pilgrimage, Practice and Place [PDF]

, 2019
Contemporary Christian Travel – Pilgrimage, practice and Place is a well-organised, structured and comprehensive text that examines the complex relationship between pilgrimage, travel and tourism.
Naumov, Nick
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What is Pilgrimage?

, 2018
The term ‘pilgrimage’ has become a commonplace in modern conversations about any travel that is announced as ‘intentional,’ ‘purposeful,’ ‘transformative,’ or simply promises to be ‘authentic.’ Scholars have to navigate between the twin advantage and ...
Greenia, George
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Historical perspectives of shifting motives for faith-based travel [PDF]

, 2017
Also available at: Arrow, TU Dublin: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1185&context=ijrtpThroughout pre-history and history, millions of people of many religions and faiths have undertaken pilgrimages.
7th Annual International Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Conference, Munro, Dane   +1 more
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Pilgrimage and the American Myth

, 2014
Exploring what does and what does not constitute pilgrimage, Redefining Pilgrimage draws together a wide variety of disciplines including politics, anthropology, history, religion and sociology.
Greenia, George
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as Emerging Pilgrimage

, 2016
This article explores the procedural means through which videogames can simulate travel experiences. It focuses on Journey, a highly acclaimed game in which the player embarks on an archetypical trek to a mountain in the distance, thus offering a virtual
van Nuenen, Tom, Tom van Nuenen
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Technology Anxiety in Virtual Reality Adoption: Examining the Impact of Age, Past Experience, and Cybersickness

IEEE Access
This study examines the role of Technology Anxiety (TA), age, past use, and cybersickness in the adoption of Virtual Reality (VR) technology. Using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the research integrates age and past use as antecedents of ...
Eman Al Khalifah, Ramy Hammady, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Ons Al-Shamaileh, Mostafa Marghany, Hatana El-Jarn, Alyaa Darwish, Yusuf Kurt   +7 more
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Tourism studies perspectives on pilgrimage

, 2023
In Chapter 7: Tourism Studies Perspectives on Pilgrimage, Jaeyeon Choe acknowledges that “a tourist is half a pilgrim, if a pilgrim is half a tourist” (Turner & Turner, 1978, p. 20). As tourism studies is a “young field of study,” which was initially
Choe, Jaeyeon
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Telestroke management during the Hajj seasons 2023–2024: insights from SEHA Virtual Hospital in KSA

Frontiers in Neurology
BackgroundThe Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia poses significant healthcare challenges due to overcrowding and high demand. Stroke, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, necessitates timely management, with telemedicine providing crucial remote ...
Ghadah Sulaiman Alsaleh, Abdulaziz Suliman A. Alhomod, Anas Khan, Saeed S. Alzahrani, Saeed S. Alzahrani   +4 more
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A Discussion of the Practical and Theological Impacts of COVID-19 on Religious Worship, Events and Pilgrimage, from a Christian Perspective

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
This article explores the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 on the worship services and events of Christian communities. Focusing on the UK in terms of practice, the research includes early pandemic examples from a range of Christian traditions ...
Ruth Dowson
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Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals, past and present

, 2018
'Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals, past and present' was a three-year, interdisciplinary research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Geoff Arnott, Patrick Gibbs
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