Missionaries on a Pilgrimage, or Pilgrims on a Mission? Elements of Pilgrimage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Missionary Experience

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Daniel Olsen¹  Elisha McIntyre² 

[1] Brigham Young University;University of Sydney;

关键词: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints;    pilgrimage;    missionary work;   

DOI  :  10.21427/d8dc-bk05

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this paper is to consider the ways in which proselytizing missions by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are pilgrimage-like. After outlining the historical and theological background behind the Church’s missionary efforts and discuss how this missionary work is organized both practically and social, the similarities between Church missions and religious pilgrimage are compared based on six themes: journeying and the sacred, liminality, communitas, hardships, status, and change and failure.