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Toward Weaving a "Common Faith" in the Age of Climate Change
Li, Huey-li
ECNU Review of Education, v3 n1 p88-106 Mar 2020
Purpose: First, the article offers a critical examination of the Deweyan conception of "common faith" in the context of climate change. Second, the article explores the conceptual linkages among the Confucian conception of the human-nature unity, the Buddhist doctrine of "no-self," and the Deweyan conception of common faith. Third, the article proposes a transformative pedagogical praxis that welcomes and embraces the pursuit of the intra- and intergenerational justice in this Anthropocene Age of climate change. Design/Approach/Methods: This study is based on a philosophical inquiry into interrelated issues concerning the cultivation of common faith in the age of climate change. Findings: The Confucian conception of a human-nature unity, the Buddhist doctrine of "no-self," and the Deweyan "common faith," collectively in recognition of a coterminous coexistence of humans and the universe, can shed light on the development of a transformative climate pedagogy. Further, embracing a dialogical pluriversality, recognizing human fallibility, can cultivate a shared agency and ecological identity. Originality/Value: Grounded in the coterminous coexistence of humans and the universe, the conceptual linkages among the Confucian conception of the unity of humans and nature, the Buddhist doctrine of "no-self," and the Deweyan common faith reveal the possibility of cross-cultural collaboration for our interdependent future.
Descriptors: Climate, Educational Philosophy, Change, Confucianism, Buddhism, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Self Concept, Environmental Education, Correlation, Religious Factors, Futures (of Society), Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism
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