Shifting Epistemologies, Shifting Our Stories-Where Might We Find Hope for a World on the Brink of Climate Catastrophe

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ID3567693
AuthorsMary E He (0000-0002-2219-0410, Luther Seminary, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue7
Pages625
Publication date2022-07-06
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13070625
OpenAlexW4286628824
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

In the early 1990s, David Orr wrote about the epistemological myths of North American culture, and offered ecological literacy as a form of resistance. In the same decade, Parker Palmer confronted dominant epistemologies in religious institutions, and retrieved early Christian frames by way of resistance. One was writing through the lens of environmental science, and one through the lens of the desert mothers and fathers of Christian history. Neither acknowledged the First Nations, Metis and Inuit epistemologies which offered similarly contesting frames. It may be too late, yet even in a moment of climate catastrophe there is hope that shifting our forms of knowing can invite pedagogical practices that transform our communities. This essay will articulate the congruence between these disparate and diverse stances as sacred ground within which to root embodied, theologically astute pedagogies for the 21st century. Several pragmatic exercises that have emerged as fruitful for learners seeking to embody compelling counter narratives are also offered

Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Literacy · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Pedagogy · Sociology · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Ecology

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