This unit will provide an opportunity to look at the following:
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What types of pilgrimage? (Healing, memorial, spiritual-faith)
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Life changing experience, emotional crutch or holiday destination? (Religious tourism)
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Is there anything which precludes somewhere from being a place of pilgrimage?
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Research project – choose from a selection of: Adam’s Peak, Jerusalem, Mecca, Amritsar, Banaras, Lindisfarne, Auschwitz, Walsingham, etc.