Christian tourist attractions, mythmaking, and identity formation

Religious attractions in the form of museums, theme parks, and guided tours allow visitors to interact directly with specific narratives about the past, present, and future. As such, they are often viewed as providing historical and doctrinal education, wholesome entertainment, or sacred space for p...

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Otros Autores: Roberts, Erin (Editor ) ; Eyl, Jennifer (Editor )
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Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2019
En:Año: 2019
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Colección / Revista:Critiquing religion: discourse, culture, power
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Turismo / Destino de viaje / Cristianismo / Santuario
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AG Vida religiosa
CD Cristianismo ; Cultura
Otras palabras clave:B Tourism Religious aspects Christianity Case studies
B Tourism Case studies Religious aspects Christianity
B Colección de artículos
B Tourism Religious aspects Christianity
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Sumario:Religious attractions in the form of museums, theme parks, and guided tours allow visitors to interact directly with specific narratives about the past, present, and future. As such, they are often viewed as providing historical and doctrinal education, wholesome entertainment, or sacred space for participants. Christian Tourism, Myth-Making and Identity instead shows the extent and the strategies through which the narratives are constructed, by analyzing religious tourist attractions that locate visitors within tradition- specific historical narratives. Case studies considered include Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum in Kentucky, the Bible Walk Museum in Ohio, Christian Zionist Tours in Israel and the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. 0This book approaches these tourist attractions as active sites of myth-making that construct the past in particular ways that serve present and future interests related to identity. In this way, the sites are shown to be functionally equivalent to non-religious tourist attractions that also utilize these strategies. By examining the "religious" sites in terms of the common social practice known as myth-making, the book contributes to recent efforts within the academic study of religion to explain religious practice in recognizable, human terms
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Enthält 8 Beiträge
ISBN:1350006238