Religious Tourism and Its Impact on Spiritual, Physical, and Mental Health: Insights from Pilgrims to Iranian Saints' Shrines

This study investigates pilgrims’ justifications for visiting Iran's Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S) and the positive role of such pilgrimages in their religious coping experiences and healing practices. The research confirms that pilgrims strongly associate shrines in Iran with religious coping...

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Subtitles:"Spirituality, Mental Health, and COVID-19"
Authors: Charan, Iftikhar Ahmed (Author) ; Zezhuang, Wang (Author) ; JinHao, Zhao (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: 2024
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2024, 卷: 63, 發布: 1, Pages: 466-489
Further subjects:B Religious Coping
B Pilgrimages
B Psychology
B Mental Health
B Qualitative Study
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總結:This study investigates pilgrims’ justifications for visiting Iran's Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S) and the positive role of such pilgrimages in their religious coping experiences and healing practices. The research confirms that pilgrims strongly associate shrines in Iran with religious coping benefits and spiritual, mental, physical, and ritual healing. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling. Behavioural strategies, religious beliefs, and spiritual concepts are considered. The findings reveal that faith and spirituality play a vital role in how individuals perceive and cope with mental and physical health issues when visiting shrines.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01943-z