Open Access research with a European policy impact...

The Strathprints institutional repository is a digital archive of University of Strathclyde's Open Access research outputs. Strathprints provides access to thousands of Open Access research papers by Strathclyde researchers, including by researchers from the European Policies Research Centre (EPRC).

EPRC is a leading institute in Europe for comparative research on public policy, with a particular focus on regional development policies. Spanning 30 European countries, EPRC research programmes have a strong emphasis on applied research and knowledge exchange, including the provision of policy advice to EU institutions and national and sub-national government authorities throughout Europe.

Explore research outputs by the European Policies Research Centre...

Strathprints

Sacred places : an exploratory investigation of consuming pilgrimage

Hamilton, K.L. and Higgans, L. (2011) Sacred places : an exploratory investigation of consuming pilgrimage. Advances in Consumer Research, 38.

Full text not available in this repository. Request a copy from the Strathclyde author

Abstract

In line with the growing commercialization of religion, this paper focuses on the consumption of sacred place within the context of the Christian pilgrimage. Theoretically, we raise the profile of place within consumer research and contribute to understandings of the relationship between the sacred and the profane.

Item type:	Article
ID code:	28275
Keywords:	commercialization, religion, sacred places, pilgramage, Social Sciences (General), Economics and Econometrics, Applied Psychology, Marketing
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Marketing
Depositing user:	Mrs Jan Whiteford
Date deposited:	15 Oct 2010 08:47
Last modified:	04 Jul 2017 00:05
Related URLs:	Journal or Publication
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/28275
Export data:

CORE (COnnecting REpositories)