Religious Tourism and Its Impact on Spiritual, Physical, and Mental Health: Insights from Pilgrims to Iranian Saints' Shrines.

Mental health Pilgrimages Psychology Qualitative study Religious coping

Journal

Journal of religion and health
ISSN: 1573-6571
Titre abrégé: J Relig Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985199R

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
17 Nov 2023
Historique:
accepted: 26 10 2023
medline: 18 11 2023
pubmed: 18 11 2023
entrez: 17 11 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

This study investigates pilgrims' justifications for visiting Iran's Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S) and the positive role of such pilgrimages in their religious coping experiences and healing practices. The research confirms that pilgrims strongly associate shrines in Iran with religious coping benefits and spiritual, mental, physical, and ritual healing. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling. Behavioural strategies, religious beliefs, and spiritual concepts are considered. The findings reveal that faith and spirituality play a vital role in how individuals perceive and cope with mental and physical health issues when visiting shrines.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01943-z PMID: 37978098
pubmed: 37978098
doi: 10.1007/s10943-023-01943-z
pii: 10.1007/s10943-023-01943-z
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : This work is funded by Political Thoughts and Governance in Islamic Countries (National Funding 19BSS038)
ID : 19BSS038

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Iftikhar Ahmed Charan (IA)

Department of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Political Science of Anhui University, No: 111 Jiulong Road, Jingkai District, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China.

Wang Zezhuang (W)

Institute of International and Regional Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University, 15 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, PR China. wangzezhuang@126.com.

Zhao JinHao (Z)

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of World Religions, 5 Jianguomennei Street, Beijing, 100732, PR China.

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