INQ-110 | Walking the Road of Life

Full Title: Walking the Road of Life

Topic Description:

What inspires someone to walk a thousand miles? What lessons of life are learned on such a journey? The Camino de Santiago, a medieval pilgrimage route in northern Spain, attracts thousands of hikers annually. Why? The history of pilgrimage and its meaning in the medieval world will lead us to contemporary personal accounts and a recent film on why people would recreate this experience. How does it affect the body, the mind, and the spirit? How does it shape one’s outlook on life? These are the questions we’ll answer.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: February 2012