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Bewildered Travel: The Sacred Quest for Confusion (Studies in Religion and Culture)
Frederick J. Ruf
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Paperback. Why do we travel? Travel is not merely a break from routine; it is its antithesis, a voluntary trading in of the security one feels at home for unpredictability and confusion. This book argues that this confusion, which we might think of simply as a necessary evil, is in fact the very thing we are seeking when we leave home. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; JHBS; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Why do we travel? Ostensibly an act of leisure, travel finds us thrusting ourselves into jets flying miles above the earth, only to endure dislocations of time and space, foods and languages foreign to our body and mind, and encounters with strangers on whom we must suddenly depend. Travel is not merely a break from routine; it is its antithesis, a voluntary trading in of the security one feels at home for unpredictability and confusion. In ""Bewildered Travel"", Frederick Ruf argues that this confusion, which we might think of simply as a necessary evil, is in fact the very thing ... Read more
Why do we travel? Ostensibly an act of leisure, travel finds us thrusting ourselves into jets flying miles above the earth, only to endure dislocations of time and space, foods and languages foreign to our body and mind, and encounters with strangers on whom we must suddenly depend. Travel is not merely a break from routine; it is its antithesis, a voluntary trading in of the security one feels at home for unpredictability and confusion. In ""Bewildered Travel"", Frederick Ruf argues that this confusion, which we might think of simply as a necessary evil, is in fact the very thing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Religion and Culture
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813926742
SKU
V9780813926742
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About Frederick J. Ruf
Frederick J. Ruf, Associate Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, is the author of Entangled Voices: Genre and the Religious Construction of the Self.
Reviews for Bewildered Travel: The Sacred Quest for Confusion (Studies in Religion and Culture)
An extraordinary book.... A rare and inviting combination of scholarly gravitas and heartfelt introspection that makes one think much more deeply about travel, religion, and religious travel. - Timothy K. Beal, Case Western Reserve University, author of Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith