Taking its place in the long line of literary pilgrimages, Jane Eyre depicts a particularly modern journey—one in which the destination must be discovered along the way. By Karen Swallow Prior

The best way to push back against excessive self-confidence and ideology is to cultivate an attitude of intellectual pilgrimage. By Collin Slowey

A pilgrim reflects on lessons learned along two journeys, one in New Haven and another along El Camino. By Abigail Storch

Both Richard Ford and Walker Percy write novels of modern man struggling with a world devoid of meaning—but the journeys their characters take lead them to altogether different destinations. By Jeff Reimer

The daughter of parents who left Amish and Mennonite communities behind, Julia Kasdorf writes poems that celebrate and mourn both her lost home and her new one—leaving her perpetually in the liminal space between. By Michial Farmer

Pilgrimages, among other things, help orient us rightly and unite us with our fellow travelers—leading us far from the rubbernecking, side-of-the-road posture toward the world encouraged by our modern consumption of the daily news. By Jeffrey Bilbro