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This book identifies, through an interdisciplinary lens, literary works that treat the theme of the journey from multiple angles: religious, psychological, psychoanalytical, philosophical, educational, and historical.
List of contents
Introduction
Crossing Sacred Frontiers
Elena V. Shabliy
Homo Religiosus and Homo Viator
Chapter 1
Faith and the Fortunes of Travel in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
June-Ann Greeley
Chapter 2
Pilgrimages of Croats by Sea to Loreto and Assisi in the 18th Century: A Historiographic and Hermeneutical Analysis
Zrinka Podhraški ¿izmek
Chapter 3
The Tossing and Turning of the Sea: Gregory the Great's Use of Seafaring Imagery to Describe his Spiritual Journey
Paul A. Brazinski
Chapter 4
Happiness on the Sisyphean Path: Reflections on Augustinian Rest in the Face of Divine Absence
Trevor B. Williams
Journeys across Cultural Borders
Chapter 5
When Robinson Crusoe Taught Swiss Youth to Read: The Travel Writing as Child Natural Education
Giorgia Masoni & Sylviane Tinembart
Chapter 6
Transcending Linguistic Borders in Crashaw's Teresa Hymns
Fabrice Schultz
Chapter 7
A Poetic Journey to Japan's Imaginary Past: Natsume S¿seki's Kusamakura
Kelly Hansen
Chapter 8
Sacred Journeys and the Libraries of Haruki Murakami: Journeys, Metaphors and Libraries
Beth Posner
Pilgrimage and Interfaith Dialogue
Chapter 9
Abhishiktananda's Journey across Hindu-Christian Borders
Enrico Beltramini
Conclusion
Elena V. Shabliy
About the Contributors
About the author
Edited by Elena V. Shabliy and Kimarie Engerman - Contributions by Elena V. Shabliy; June-Ann Greeley; Zrinka Podhraški Cizmek; Paul A. Brazinski; Trevor B. Williams; Giorgia Masoni; Sylviane Tinembart; Fabrice Schultz; Kelly Hansen; Beth Posner and Enric
Summary
This book identifies, through an interdisciplinary lens, literary works that treat the theme of the journey from multiple angles: religious, psychological, psychoanalytical, philosophical, educational, and historical.
