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Perceptions of Inseparability: A Heuristic Response to Thomas Berry's Call for Connection

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Dianneen_US
dc.contributor.advisorRegnier, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBarrett, MJen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberQuinlan, Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberReese, Alanen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBai, Heesoonen_US
dc.creatorMills Wotherspoon, Barbaraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-27T12:00:22Z
dc.date.available2014-09-27T12:00:22Z
dc.date.created2014-08en_US
dc.date.issued2014-09-26en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation represents my heuristic response to cultural and ecological historian, Thomas Berry’s (1988, 1999, 2006) multi-dimensional call for connection to the Earth. The term, Heuristic, defined as “enabling a person to discover or learn something for [oneself]” (www. Oxforddictionary.com) describes a journey of learning undertaken out of a desire to live more justly and sustainably on this planet. My inquiry began with a search for the foundational meanings underlying Berry’s statement: Humans must undertake a radical shift in consciousness in order to come to the realization that the Earth is a Communion of Subjects and not a Collection of Objects (www.thomasberry.org). It led to a holistic exploration of academic study and lived experience in the realms of evolutionary science, quantum theory, depth psychology, Indigenous wisdom, and contemplative practice. It resulted in a shift in consciousness that strengthened my connections to human and other-than-human inhabitants of the Earth, added depth to my own story, and provided understandings about the inseparability of all life from a number of perspectives. This work will contribute to the body of educational literature that explores the integration of qualitative Place-based, Arts-based, Narrative, and Contemplative ways of knowing with rigorous scholarly research. I intend to apply the holistic learning gleaned from the integration of the scholarly and participatory components of this research to the development of future pedagogy that enhances the understanding that human beings are inseparably connected not only to our human ancestors, but to the other species, and to the ancient energies of the Earth as well.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-08-1729en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectCommunionen_US
dc.subjectThe Earth is a Communion of Subjectsen_US
dc.subjectShift of Consciousnessen_US
dc.subjectInseparable Connections: Evolutionary Story, Quantum Reality, Eco-psychology, Indigenous Wisdom, and Contemplative Practice.en_US
dc.titlePerceptions of Inseparability: A Heuristic Response to Thomas Berry's Call for Connectionen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEducational Foundationsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Foundationsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US

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