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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Contemporary spirituality"”.
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Vernacular religion and contemporary spirituality: studies in religious experience and expression
… adopt a fieldwork-based approach to the study of contemporary religion.<br/><br/>The focus of the publications is religion as it is lived and experienced, not religion as it is defined by texts or as represented by authority figures. The studies examine how people interpret, act out and adapt …
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An Exploration of the Relationship between Contemporary Spirituality, the Physically Active Rural Tourist and the Geography of Place: a case study of the Lake District
It is well documented that the search for spirituality or spiritual transcendence is a defining characteristic of contemporary society. Paralleling this theme, it has also been argued that tourism, as a pervasive social activity, may be considered a modern sacred experience, a search for spiritual …
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Reimagining keening: an examination of the reinvention of Irish lament as a healing tool in the contemporary world
This study explores the contemporary revival of the once widely practiced Irish funerary lament tradition known as keening (from the Irish caoineadh, meaning "to cry"). Keening has declined as a funerary practice since the early twentieth century but is now being reimagined in contemporary Ireland …