In the process of studying religions, we often overlook the secular aspects of religious organizations. This paper examines the basic flows of money in different spiritual organizations, and attempts to correlate the types of income with the structure of the priestly hierarchy. This analysis is by no means comprehensive. In the end, more questions are raised than are answered. Patrick Cody Reli...

The purpose of this study is to describe the social construction Dermojayan village community towards Demangan tomb pilgrimage phenomenon which then becomes an understanding, perception, and religious emotion form a predisposition in carrying out their traditions. In order obtain accurate data, research uses descriptive qualitative case using phenomenological approach. grand theory adheres anal...

From an economic point of view, the tourism sector is one most important in world with religious tourism, such as pilgrimages, being a growth area. Tourism activities also make significant contribution to CO2 emissions (roughly 8% world's carbon emissions). In this framework, main objective research develop integrated sustainable model by assessing impact pilgrimages Camino Lebaniego (Lebaniego...

The ‘Journey to the West’, also translated as the’ Pilgrimage is one of masterpieces ancient Chinese literature. Published anonymously by putative author Wu Cheng'en in late 16th century, story traces broad outline journey taken monk Tripitaka year 629 a.D. India acquire Buddhist scriptures, and it result reworking antecedent works, such ‘Poetic notes on pilgrimage Great Tang Sutras’ ‘‹Journey ...

The road, journey, wandering are topics known from works of various historical epochs that still appear in social sciences, philosophy and literature. According to Zygmunt Bauman, as humans, we have gone the times solid modernity, when perceived ourselves “pilgrims” characterized by concept identity, liquid “tourists” looking for diverse but ephemeral experiences. In this article, I show idea p...