About

Dr. Kip Redick is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and the Dr. Tracey T. Schwarze Endowed Professor of Humanities at Christopher Newport University. Professional interests include pilgrimage studies, spiritual journey, spirituality of place, aesthetics, media ecology; visual, religious, and environmental rhetoric; and film studies. His specific research interest centers on the study of wilderness trails as sites of spiritual journey. Among his publications are:

American Camino: Walking as Spiritual Practice on the Appalachian Trail. Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, 2024

“Kenotic Walking, Wilderness Sojourning, and Hospitality.” Special Issue: Religious Experience and Ecology; in the Journal for the Study of Religious Experience. Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021).

“Interpreting Contemporary Pilgrimage as Spiritual Journey or Aesthetic Tourism Along the Appalachian Trail.” International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, Vol. 6/ii 2018.

“Aesthetic Sojourning on the Appalachian Trail” a chapter in Sensorial Trajectories. Cambridge Scholars, 2018.

“Sensuous Encounter where Journey and Festival Meet: a Phenomenology of Pilgrimage.” A chapter in Pilgrimage as Transformative Process: the Movement from Fractured to Integrated. Edited by Heather Warfield and Kate Hetherington. Brill Press, 2018.

Review Essay: “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson and A Walk in the Woods directed by Ken Kwapis.” Environment, Space Place, Vol. 9/Issue 1/ Spring 2017: 150-158.

“Spiritual Rambling: Long Distance Wilderness Sojourning as Meaning-Making.” Journal of Ritual Studies, Vol. 30/Num. 2/2016: 41-52.

“Profane Experience and Sacred Encounter: Journeys to Disney and the Camino De Santiago.” Environment, Space Place, Vol. 5/Issue 1/ Spring 2013: 46- 72.

“Wilderness as Axis Mundi: Spiritual Journeys on the Appalachian Trail,” chapter 2, published in a book titled Symbolic Landscapes, Springer, 2009: 65-90.

“Wilderness and Communitas: Pilgrims on the Appalachian Trail,” chapter 3, an examination of the effect of wilderness scenery on those who hike the Appalachian Trail. Published in a book titled Visual Impact, Hampton Press, 2009: 45-62.

“Feet Forbidden Here.” Environment, Space, Place, Vol. 1/Fall 2009: 7-26.

“Wilderness, Arcadia and Longing: Mythic Landscapes and the Experience of Reality,” chapter 8, an examination of landscapes in the fiction of C. S. Lewis. Published in a book titled C. S. Lewis: Views from Wake Forest, Wayne Pennsylvania: Zossima Press, 2008: 137-157.

“Rationality and Narrative: a Relationship of Priority.” Co-Authored with Dr. Lori Underwood and published in the journal Philosophy and Rhetoric, 40.4 (2007): 394- 405.

“Wilderness Trails, Spirituality, and Education,” chapter 15, published in a book titled Spirituality, Ethnography, and Teaching: Stories from Within. Edited by Will Ashton and Diana Denton and published by Peter Lang: New York, 2006: 195-205.

“Experiencing Others: Martin Buber and Neil LaBute’s In the Company of Men,” chapter 4, published in a book titled Neil LaBute: a Casebook, edited by Gerald C. Wood and published by Routledge: New York, 2006: 53-60. This chapter is co-authored with Mark Borchert.

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About

American Camino: Walking as Spiritual Practice on the Appalachian Trail. Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, 2024

“Kenotic Walking, Wilderness Sojourning, and Hospitality.” Special Issue: Religious Experience and Ecology; in the Journal for the Study of Religious Experience. Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021).

“Interpreting Contemporary Pilgrimage as Spiritual Journey or Aesthetic Tourism Along the Appalachian Trail.” International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, Vol. 6/ii 2018.

“Aesthetic Sojourning on the Appalachian Trail” a chapter in Sensorial Trajectories. Cambridge Scholars, 2018.

“Sensuous Encounter where Journey and Festival Meet: a Phenomenology of Pilgrimage.” A chapter in Pilgrimage as Transformative Process: the Movement from Fractured to Integrated. Edited by Heather Warfield and Kate Hetherington. Brill Press, 2018.

Review Essay: “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson and A Walk in the Woods directed by Ken Kwapis.” Environment, Space Place, Vol. 9/Issue 1/ Spring 2017: 150-158.

“Spiritual Rambling: Long Distance Wilderness Sojourning as Meaning-Making.” Journal of Ritual Studies, Vol. 30/Num. 2/2016: 41-52.

“Profane Experience and Sacred Encounter: Journeys to Disney and the Camino De Santiago.” Environment, Space Place, Vol. 5/Issue 1/ Spring 2013: 46- 72.

“Wilderness as Axis Mundi: Spiritual Journeys on the Appalachian Trail,” chapter 2, published in a book titled Symbolic Landscapes, Springer, 2009: 65-90.

“Wilderness and Communitas: Pilgrims on the Appalachian Trail,” chapter 3, an examination of the effect of wilderness scenery on those who hike the Appalachian Trail. Published in a book titled Visual Impact, Hampton Press, 2009: 45-62.

“Feet Forbidden Here.” Environment, Space, Place, Vol. 1/Fall 2009: 7-26.

“Wilderness, Arcadia and Longing: Mythic Landscapes and the Experience of Reality,” chapter 8, an examination of landscapes in the fiction of C. S. Lewis. Published in a book titled C. S. Lewis: Views from Wake Forest, Wayne Pennsylvania: Zossima Press, 2008: 137-157.

“Rationality and Narrative: a Relationship of Priority.” Co-Authored with Dr. Lori Underwood and published in the journal Philosophy and Rhetoric, 40.4 (2007): 394- 405.

“Wilderness Trails, Spirituality, and Education,” chapter 15, published in a book titled Spirituality, Ethnography, and Teaching: Stories from Within. Edited by Will Ashton and Diana Denton and published by Peter Lang: New York, 2006: 195-205.

“Wilderness and Communitas: Pilgrims on the Appalachian Trail,” chapter 3, an examination of the effect of wilderness scenery on those who hike the Appalachian Trail. Published in a book titled Visual Impact, Hampton Press, 2009: 45-62.