Gerry, Happy holidays. I hope that the new year brings peace, happiness, and
prosperity to you and your loved ones. One question though, What is the due
date for this Call for Papers?
Nick
For Mark, Kay - Do you know of anyone in our tourism sector that might have
an idea? Mark, I know that you have an Agritourism angle.
Nick
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From: "Gerry Biberman" <
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Subject: Call for papers
> JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION
> Call for Papers
> Special Issue on:
> MANAGING SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS TOURISM (Volume 5, 2008)
> Guest Editors:
> Prof. Tom Selwyn
> International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development (IICTD)
> London Metropolitan University, London, UK
> and
> Dr. Amos Ron
> Department of Tourism and Hospitality Studies
> Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel
> Purpose and Scope
> Spiritual tourism and religious tourism are ancient phenomena that have
> received
> considerable attention in both academic circles and the public at large.
> The latter
> includes descriptions of pilgrimages in various Holy Scriptures, prose,
> poetry, the arts,
> and cinema, among others. Academic discourse is usually found, but not
> confined to,
> world and comparative literature, history, geography, comparative
> religion, theology,
> sociology, psychology and social anthropology.
> The management of spiritual and religious tourism has remained relatively
> unexplored. However, the last decade or so evidenced a growing interest in
> topics of
> religion and spirituality management, pilgrimage management and sacred
> sites
> management. This special issue will be devoted to exploring issues of
> management of
> tourism that are motivated by spiritual and/or religious experiences,
> objectives and
> needs. All theoretical and empirical perspectives of the management of
> spiritual and
> religious tourism experiences are relevant and welcomed.
> Possible topics might include but are not limited to:
> • Theorizing spiritual and religious tourism management
> • The attitude of religions towards the management of sacred sites
> • Controlling visitor flows at sacred sites
> • Managing the economics of religious tourism: souvenirs and markets in
> sacred sites
> • Managing the journey: institutional and non-institutional provision of
> services during pilgrimages
> • The inter-relations between government policies and the management of
> spiritual and religious tourism
> • Managing spiritual and religious tourism in a historical perspective
> • Case studies in the management, mismanagement and non-management of
> pilgrimage events and sites
> • Conflict management in pilgrimage events
> • Cultural and physical sustainability of spiritual and religious tourism
> • Managerial aspects of New Age tourism
> Important dates
> Deadline for paper submission: August 31st, 2007
> Response to submission (following review) November 30th, 2007
> Publication (estimate): Spring 2008 - Summer 2008
> Instructions for manuscripts
> Submissions from both academics and practitioners are now welcomed for
> this special
> issue of the JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION. Those
> who wish to contribute to the Special Issue are encouraged to submit a 300
> word
> abstract of their proposed paper to the Guest Editors. Full papers will be
> double-blind
> reviewed. Early submissions are welcome. Further details on the Journal’s
> instructions for manuscripts are available at
>
http://www.jmsr.com/callup.html
> All enquiries and final manuscripts should be forwarded by e-mail to:
> • Prof. Tom Selwyn -
t.selwyn@londonmet.ac.uk
> • Dr. Amos Ron –
amosron2@netvision.net.il
>