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Re-searching spirituality and culture

Transformative pilgrimage learning and living answers into Big Questions

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ID22334849
AuthorsElizabeth J Tisdell (0000-0003-4831-9697, Division of Health and Professional Studies, Penn State University–Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue1
Pages84-94
Publication date2020-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Study of Spirituality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2044-0243 • E-ISSN: 2044-0251
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/20440243.2020.1726055
OpenAlexW3008829551
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited10

This article explores the notion of transformative pilgrimage learning and what it might mean to deal with the Big Questions of life – such as who we are and what we are doing on the planet – in light of experiences of Love and Death. It examines the question at the heart of transformative learning theory – ‘What form transforms?’ – particularly in relation to spiritual experience. It summarizes the findings of a longitudinal research study on how spirituality and culture informed the learning of a multicultural group of North American adult educators teaching for social justice. It also discusses what the researcher learned from research participants, particularly about pilgrimage and the notion of wisdom, as well as from her own experiences of two pilgrimage journeys. It concludes by examining what the research findings and the learning from pilgrimage experiences might suggest for living life as pilgrimage

Aesthetics · Art · Environmental ethics · Pedagogy · Pilgrimage · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Transformative learning · Christian Theology and Mission · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology

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Highly citedNo

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