Conflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism

Razaq Raj (Edited By, Series Edited By) Dr Razaq Raj is Principal Lecturer in the Leeds Business School. His research interests include community events, outdoor events, economic impacts, religious tourism, cultural festivals and sustainable tourism, cultural diversity in events management and international tourism. Dr Razaq Raj is the author of the textbooks Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective, Event Management: An integrated and practical approach and Event Management and Sustainability. Dr Razaq Raj is also a board member of international journals and academic associations. Editor of International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Editor of International Journal of Islands Research Editor of International Journal of Islamic Tourism Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book SeriesKevin Griffin (Edited By, Series Edited By) Dr.Kevin Griffin Bed, MA, PhD. Having studied teaching then tourism organisation and historic settlement I worked in a number of Geography Departments in the Dublin / Kildare area. Since 2001 I have worked at the DIT where I am actively involved in teaching and researching a broad range of tourism topics with particular specialism in both heritage and sustainable tourism. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Editor in Chief, International Journal of Tour Guiding Research Editor in Chief, International Journal of Islands Research Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series Research Interests My main areas of academic interest include: * Tourism and Sustainability / Environmental Issues * Heritage Tourism * Religious Tourism / Pilgrimage * Social Tourism * Teaching Methodologies and Tourism * Local History / Heritage

• 1: Introduction to Conflicts Religion and Culture in Tourism Part I: Conflict, Religion, Culture and Tourism 2: Consciousness in Conflict 3: Defamation of Religion and Freedom of Speech 4: Imagining the Contours of Culture: is Religious Tourism a Precondition for Conflict? 5: The Essence of Community Cohesion through Religious Tolerance Part II: (re)Claiming Space - Modern Reinstatements of Religion and Pilgrimage 6: Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage in a Non-religious Country: the Czech Republic 7: Pilgrimage, cultural landscape, and tourism in the heritagization of Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki 8: Claiming territory: The role of pilgrimage in the struggle for a re-Christianisation of Sweden 9: Cuba and Its Christian Roots: A Case for Understanding Religious Tourism Part III: Understanding Other : Conflicts Challenges and Issues 10: Visiting Graves, Tombs and Shrines in Islamic Law 11: Religious Spaces as Discrete System: a case of Ayodhya, India 12: Halal Tourism: The Case of Turkey 13: Kosher Tourism. A Greek case study 14: War and Cultural Heritage: The case of religious monuments 15: Appendix - Discussion Points

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