Wayfaring and Seafaring A Theological Reading of the “Mediterranean Journey”

Authors

  • Hector Scerri University of Malta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/pch.852

Keywords:

Journey, pilgrimage, Mediterranean Sea, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, John Paul II

Abstract

The article dwells upon the theme of the journey in the Mediterranean, the cradle of the three great monotheistic religions. Taking some paradigms for the journey from mythology, history and from Revelation, the physical journey is taken as a metaphor for the pilgrimage of life, an experience marked by maturation and conversion. This spiritual pilgrimage ultimately consists in the individual’s search for the Divine.

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Published

2011-10-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011)

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Articles

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