Pilgrims and Their Stewards

The author seems to have confused 'pilgrim' with 'traveler'

At least, I don't see how to reconcile someone who does (say) the hajj out of religious obligation with the more generic 'some objectives we are wayfaring towards'.

A tourist is also usually wayfarying towards objectives. So is a rally driver.

The author similarly redefines having a religion more along the lines of 'dogmatic belief' - a category so broad that the assertion "I love my wife" might be considered a religion.

There is nothing about nuance between a religious pilgrimage, like Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lhasa, or a cultural pilgrimage like the Camino de Santiago ... which is closer to tourism, but (IMO) often not the same thing.

I find it hard to think that a Tibetan, moving forward one lying prostration at a time, or a Muslim walking around the Kaaba, would 'thirst for and welcome unflattering comments', as the author writes.