Pilgrimages as a Factor of Sustainable Development
Pilgrimages as a Factor of Sustainable Development
Author(s): Krzysztof Kowalik, Jakub Bartoszewski, Jolanta Łaniecka, Pankojini Mulia, Peter Papšo, Peter JuskoSubject(s): Philosophy, Economy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Tourism, Socio-Economic Research, Sociology of Religion, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable tourism; religious tourism; pilgrimage; spirituality; ecology; economy; social environment
Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to analyze and valorize pilgrimage as a useful ally of the principle of sustainable development. By diluting its original meaning, the latter often remains a principle only on paper. Initially emphasizing the inclination to comply with sustainable development, tourism has proved to be a significant threat to integrating the natural and social environment. A pilgrimage, due to its motivation and embedding in transcend¬ence, evades being simply reduced to only one of the types of tourism (religious tourism, pilgrimage tourism). It seems to fulfill the demands of sustainable development in a more determined and promising way not only by caring for the environment and culture, but above all by being restrained towards material goods (hiking, everyday necessities).
Journal: Педагогически алманах
- Issue Year: 30/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 216-225
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English