Religion, Development, and Palaeo-Tourism
Fossils and Ideas of Oneness at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
Keywords:
Palaeo-Tourism, World Heritage SiteAbstract
Ideas of oneness (of humanity) may sometimes come from sources other than those overtly religious, However, in large part, they can be seen to trace their ancestry to various world religions and religio-philosophical traditions that seek to emphasise the universality of the human condition and more so the human being. Given this, can there conceivably be some semblance of relationship between ideas of oneness and an example of development and palaeo or fossil sites tourism?
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