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REL 295-02 - Special Topic: Pilgrimage, Voyage, Journey

4 credits (Spring)
In this course, we consider why people travel, what might be gained or lost by traveling, and what is unique to the experience of travel. We draw from memoir, fiction, film, and journalism in considering the effects of travel on travelers, non-travelers, local communities, and the world at large. We examine links between travel and broader historical and social phenomena and ways that travel has been linked to ideas of the religious and the “spiritual.”

Prerequisite: REL 101 REL 102 REL 103 REL 104 REL 105 , or second-year standing.      
Instructor: Blaber