The Fierce Urgency of Now and Forever and Unto Ages of Ages: Study and the Restoration of Paradise on Earth

Autor/in	Wilson, Simon
Titel	The Fierce Urgency of Now and Forever and Unto Ages of Ages: Study and the Restoration of Paradise on Earth
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 23 (2022) 1, S.29-40 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-08-2020-0304
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Conservation (Environment); Transformative Learning; Learning Processes; Sustainability; Aesthetics; Educational Practices; Self Concept; Ecology; Christianity; Holistic Approach; Religious Factors; Altruism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Pädagogische Transformation; Learning process; Lernprozess; Nachhaltigkeit; Ästhetik; Bildungspraxis; Selbstkonzept; Ökologie; Christentum; Holistischer Ansatz; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore and evoke an old educational concept called "study". This is learning which leads to love and love which leads to learning. It is a dynamic experience which engenders transformation whose telos is simultaneously endlessly knowable and unknowable. The paper argues that it unites humans with the world, the material world with the transcendent, speed with slowness and alignment with resistance, in a series of antinomic relationships which come together in the heart. Study, it is argued, should form the basis of true education and a truly sustainable relationship with the world. Design/methodology/approach: The paper's approach is informed by the Eastern Orthodox Christian theology of ecology, particularly its complex and holistic concept of the heart and perceiving with the heart. It revels in the antinomies fostered by this tradition. Findings: The paper's findings are inevitably provisional. They stress the need for beauty in educational practice and indicate that the form of study described may foster an individual sense of vocation, which can transform self and the world. Originality/value: The paper hopes to contribute to a re-orientation in education, sustainability and ecology. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01