Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

Religion: Recent research

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  • Healey, Kevin. “The spirit of networks: new media and the changing role of religion in American public life.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois. 2011.
  • Moran, Gabriel. “Religious Education in United States’ States Schools.” International Handbook of Inter-Religous Education. Vol. 4, No. 1 (2010): 141-53.
  • Roux, Cornelia. “Religious and Human Rights Literacy as Prerequisite for Inter-religious Education.” International Handbook of Inter-Religious Education. Vol. 4, No. 4 (2010): 991-1015.
  • Skirbekk, Vegard; Eric Kaufmann and Anne Goujon. “Secularism, Fundamentalism, or Catholicism? The Religious Composition of the United States to 2043.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Vol. 49, No. 2 (June 2010): 239-310.
  • Volpi, Frederic. “Framing Civility in the Middle East: alternative perspectives on the state and civil society.” Third World Quarterly. Vol. 32, No. 5 (2011): 827-43.
  • Watson, Jacqueline. “Dialogue and conflict on religion: studies of classroom interaction in European countries.” International Journal of Children’s Spirituality. Vol. 16, No. 1 (Apr. 2011): 59-60.

Religion: Journals

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Religion: About the discipline

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Religion has shaped much in the way of world history on every continent, from the beginning of recorded time. It impacts the public and private lives of people around the world every day. The Center on Religion & the Professions focuses on improving religious literacy among professionals to help them serve an increasingly diverse public. [Read more…]

Recreation, tourism and hospitality: Codes of ethics

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Recreation, tourism and hospitality: Articles

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  • “Rural tourism: A spiritual experience?” by Richard Sharpley and Deborah Jepson. Annals of Tourism Research. Vol. 38, No. 1 (Jan. 2011): 52-71.
  • “Holy Hills of the Ozarks: Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri (Shopping for God: How Christianity Went from in Your Heart to in Your Face)” (Book review) by Matthew Avery Sutton. The Christian Century, March 25, 2008.
  • “The Contribution of Ecotourism to the Conservation of Natural Sacred Sites: A Case Study from Coastal Kenya” by Celia Nyamweru and Elias Kimaru. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 2, 3: 327-350, 2008.
  • “Influence of Religion on Tourism: Implications for India’s Tourism Policy” by Monish Chattopadhyay. The Icfai Journal of Consumer Behavior, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 59-67, December 2006.
  • “Tourism, religion threaten Ethiopia’s tribal warriors” by Aaron Maasho. Associated Press, July 5, 2009.
  • “A comparative study of cultural tourism development in Iran and Turkey(.pdf)” by Bahareh Pourafkari. Master’s Thesis, University of Isfahan, Iran. 2007.
  • “Balancing water, religion and tourism on Redang Island, Malaysia” by Joshua B. Fisher et al. Environmental Research Letters. Vol. 3 (2008)./li>
  • “Religion New Jamaican Tourism Lure; Fun in the Son Gospel Festival Joins Fun in Sun.” The Washington Times, April 25, 2006.
  • “Do best fathers choose religion over recreation? Religious involvement is highly beneficial for dads, study days” by Amy Choate-Nielsen. Deseret News, June 17, 2007.
  • “The feasibility of Sabbath-keeping in the Caribbean hospitality industry” by Eritha Huntly and Carol Barnes-Reid. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Vol. 15, No. 3 (2003): 172-175.
  • “The Christian Humanization of Work: Job Satisfaction in the Hospitality Industry” by James J. Spillane. Review of Business. Vol. 22 (2001).
  • “Israel to step up Christian tourism” by Ilana Diamond, The Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2007.
  • “Religion led to the beating, ball-hockey player says” by Megan Stewart. The Globe and Mail (Canada), Jan. 28, 2009.
  • “Monastic retreat a tourism success” by Nigel Austin. The Advertiser (Australia), Jan. 24, 2009.