Abstract
We would all be in the intestines of the Sphinx, or rather, more ignorant than before, if we doubted (at least) the possibility that religious tourism identifies a specific field of very contemporary social practices. A religious person can and should travel simply because as a human being he has the right to the goods and services of a modern society. A traveler motivated by faith, if one thinks about it, does not need to give up other motivations or give up satisfying other needs.
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Monumental images mixing human and animal parts erected near the, pyramids of Giza (Egypt) more than 5000 years ago; and reproduced with cultural variants in many temples of the ancient world.
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O peregrinar: caminhada para vida (The Pilgrimage: A Walk for Life) in Turismo Religioso: Ensaios Antropológicos sobre Religião e Turismo—Campinas: Papirus, 2003, p. 20.
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Turismo: Conceitos Definições e Siglas (Tourism: Concepts, Definitions and Symbols)—Manaus-AM: Editora Valer, 2000, p. 150.
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According to the Atlas dos Lugares Sagrados (Atlas of Sacred Places) by Colin Wilson, in the nineth century, a hermit had a vision of a shower of stars which fell from the mount of Galicia, Spain. Sometime later, an altar was found at the location containing human bones which were attributed to the disciple James; reinforce the legend of such religious relics having been transferred from Egypt. King Ramiro helped disseminate the veneration of the place affirming that St. James had been directly responsible for the Battle of Clavijo (844) killing 60,000 Moors.
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Author of the book Santuários: onde Deus se encontra com os homens, (Sanctuaries: Where God Meets with Men) São Paulo: Loyola, 1982.
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Concerning these declared religious links and their dynamics in the urban-industrial context one sees the research of Ceris, Desafios do Catolicismo na Cidade: Pesquisa em regiões Metropolitanas Brasileiras (Challenges of Catholicism in the City: a Study in Metropolitan Brazilian regions), published by Editora Paulus, 2002.
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According to the geographer Maximilien Sorre, in his classic Migrações e Mobilidade no Ecúmeno (Migrations and mobilitiy in the Ecumen) (Paris: Flamarion, 1955), habitat defines the space of human geography in its possibilities of conservation (when adjusted to the balance of the surroundings) and mobility, when, due to imbalance of the resource, migrations are stimulated to other areas.
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In order to make a Saint official, the Vatican authorizes the opening of an investigative process for the veracity of miracles attributed to the venerated person. The beatification is the first confirmation of holiness; the second “is given in the canonization of the blessed, thus and only then, becoming an official saint.” This happened with Mother Paulina, on May 19, 2002 after a 37-year process. She is considered to be the first Brazilian saint, although she was born in Trento, Italy.
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Authors of the text A Carismática despolitização da Igreja Católica, (The Charismatic De-poltization of the Catholic Church) published in the collection of articles A Realidade Social das Religiões no Brasil (The Social Reality of Religions in Brazil) (Pierucci and Prandi 1996, pp. 59–91).
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It deals with a reflection which has been developed by other scholars in the religious field, such as theologian Leonardo Boff (O Rosto materno de Deus—The Maternal Face of God) the psychoanalyst, Erich Neuman (A Grande Mãe—The Great Mother) and the mythologian Josef Campbell (A dádiva da Deusa em O Poder do Mito—The Gift of the Goddess in The Power of Myth).
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In the work, Globalização do Turismo (Globalization of Tourism) (São Paulo, Aleph, 2003), Mario Beni reminds us that even though it is contested by some authors, innovation today encompasses the global concept of the product, marketing, administration and personnel management, among other business factors. This is what makes new strategies to stimulate the entrepreneur spirit in the communities multiply.
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The Mystical Tourist Guide of Brasília, called Portal da Terra Prometida (Portal of the Promised Land) shows 4 itineraries—of Peace, of Cure, of the Pyramids and of the Crystals—as a way of showing that the new headquarters of political Power is the effective fulfillment of a mythic-religious prophesy.
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de Oliveira, C.D.M. (2017). Religious Tourism in Decipherment. In: Religious Tourism and Heritage in Brazil. SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40084-6_1
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