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Return to the City of Joseph: Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo
In the mid-twentieth century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) returned to Nauvoo, Illinois, home to the thriving religious community led by Joseph Smith before his murder in 1844. The quiet farm town became a major Mormon heritage site visited annually by tens of thousands of p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage (CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series)
by Stephen Newton • Angela Carr • Nigel Bond • Matthew Cook • Luke Howie • Alissa Burger • Brian J. Hill • Alexandra Coghlan • Dane Munro • Nitasha Sharma • Müjde Bidec • Geraldine Anne Tan • Danielle Johannesen • Boža Grafenauer • Lea Kužnik • Katheryn Wright • Nuša Basle • Donna Comtesse • Janna R. Caspersen • Scott K. Esplin • Julie Hartley-Moore • Jennifer Hayes • Jacie L. Jones • Kathy Knox • Sonja Sibila Lebe • Cecelia R. Lewis • Sonia Mileva • Lidija Pliberšek • Jodi M. Thesing-Ritter • Nicholas J. Walkowiak • Peter J. Ward • Yachen Zhang • Joseph DonicaIn recent years there has been a growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism; the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster. Expanding on this trend, this book examines dark tourism through the new lens of pilgrimage. It focuses on dark tourism sites as pilgrimage destinations... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020