TY - JOUR
T1 - Re-searching spirituality and culture
T2 - Transformative pilgrimage learning and living answers into Big Questions
AU - Tisdell, Elizabeth J.
PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/20440243.2020.1726055
DO - 10.1080/20440243.2020.1726055
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079712595
VL - 10
SP - 84
EP - 94
JO - Journal for the Study of Spirituality
JF - Journal for the Study of Spirituality
SN - 2044-0243
IS - 1
ER -