The present study tries to answer this question: Why is the mausoleum of Imam Reza (a holy saint shrine) one of the most luxurious and expensive buildings in the world? By staying in Mashhad as a pilgrim, the researcher conducted 45 participatory and semi-structured interviews with pilgrims in two consecutive stages. For analysing the collected data, a qualitative research method was used based on Constructing Grounded Theory. The concept of ‘the politics of constructing spirituality’ as the core category referred to the fact that the main reasons for the luxury and magnificence of Imam Reza’s mausoleum in Iran, are as follows: the existence of political-religious discourse in Iran, trying to continue the process of political socialisation ...
Drawing on Victor Turner’s emphasis on the importance of symbols and his analyses of liminality toge...
A Nakhl is a huge wooden structure similar to a cypress tree in shape, which on the anniversary of t...
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran saw the destruction of many monuments to previous regimes. Des...
The present study tries to answer this question: Why is the mausoleum of Imam Reza (a holy saint shr...
Pilgrimage is one of the ways to acquire spirituality in the Shiite sect, and the shrines of the Ima...
The thesis examines the characteristic features of Islamic shrines and pilgrimages in Iran and Afgha...
Pilgrimage (religious tourism) is one of the fastest growing forms of tourism. Nevertheless, there i...
This study proposes a model for religious tourism as one of the most promising types of tourism worl...
Academic studies, dedicated to various aspects of religiously motivated travel have increased steadi...
Pilgrimages and other trips with spiritual motivation are one of the first forms of tourism, and tod...
Iran is one of the ten first countries in the world on the subject of tourism attractions. Iran, the...
PhD ThesisWhere about 2 million people perform Hajj and visit the Holy places in Makkah and al-Madin...
The most tangible expression of religious ecology is through the veneration of nature. Diversity of ...
Abdurrahman Wahid, well-known as Gus Dur, is the fourth president of Indonesia. He was also the lead...
This dissertation is a study of the Bibi Pak Daman shrine in Lahore, Pakistan and the Sayyeda Zaynab...
Drawing on Victor Turner’s emphasis on the importance of symbols and his analyses of liminality toge...
A Nakhl is a huge wooden structure similar to a cypress tree in shape, which on the anniversary of t...
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran saw the destruction of many monuments to previous regimes. Des...
The present study tries to answer this question: Why is the mausoleum of Imam Reza (a holy saint shr...
Pilgrimage is one of the ways to acquire spirituality in the Shiite sect, and the shrines of the Ima...
The thesis examines the characteristic features of Islamic shrines and pilgrimages in Iran and Afgha...
Pilgrimage (religious tourism) is one of the fastest growing forms of tourism. Nevertheless, there i...
This study proposes a model for religious tourism as one of the most promising types of tourism worl...
Academic studies, dedicated to various aspects of religiously motivated travel have increased steadi...
Pilgrimages and other trips with spiritual motivation are one of the first forms of tourism, and tod...
Iran is one of the ten first countries in the world on the subject of tourism attractions. Iran, the...
PhD ThesisWhere about 2 million people perform Hajj and visit the Holy places in Makkah and al-Madin...
The most tangible expression of religious ecology is through the veneration of nature. Diversity of ...
Abdurrahman Wahid, well-known as Gus Dur, is the fourth president of Indonesia. He was also the lead...
This dissertation is a study of the Bibi Pak Daman shrine in Lahore, Pakistan and the Sayyeda Zaynab...
Drawing on Victor Turner’s emphasis on the importance of symbols and his analyses of liminality toge...
A Nakhl is a huge wooden structure similar to a cypress tree in shape, which on the anniversary of t...
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran saw the destruction of many monuments to previous regimes. Des...