Contemporary Practices of Religious Trips: Between Pilgrimage and Tourism Cover Image

Съвременни практики на религиозно пътуване в България: между поклонничеството и туризма
Contemporary Practices of Religious Trips: Between Pilgrimage and Tourism

Author(s): Madlen Nikolova
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Фондация Медийна Демокрация
Keywords: pilgrimage; institutional Christianity; Orthodox identity

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the development of different types of pilgrimage, which have appeared after 1989 in Bulgaria. Using original empirical data generated through her fieldwork the author focuses on the canonical understanding of Orthodoxy and the effects of the interweaving of this understanding with esoteric beliefs, para-ecclesiastical practices and tourist services.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 76-84
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian