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English
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Pilgrims 'Communitas' in the Holy Land : The Case of Mormon Pilgrimage
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A Holy People : Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Religious Communal Identity
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Leiden and Boston
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Brill
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337-348
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"Anthropological methodology was used for the collection of data and its analysis. Tour guiding experience with Mormon pilgrims over several years provided in-depth familiarity with the dynamics and nature of Mormon tours. Guides may start their tour keeping a certain distance, and later penetrate deeper into the group, taking a more active part in various activities and gaining further intimacy with the participants. Personal inteviews and 700 questionnaires supplemented the data. Content analysis was implemented to personal diaries, group journals, letters, personal e-mail correspondence and pictures, and futher information was collected in Northern America from participants, directors, guides and tour organizers." [From author's introduction]