The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More Than Human World

Dnn,; Abram, David

doi:10.2307/1521797

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“…110 In this key, one might also hear anew the multitude of creation stories and narratives of the divine beings, sages, and heroes who have been present across a landscape. 111 The theological ramifications of starting with the land are manifold. For example, Ao-Naga Christian theologian Wati Longchar traces the impact of shifting from an anthropocentric to a creation-centered perspective.…”

Section: An Expanded Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Hindu‐Christian Comparative Theology in a Decolonial Key

Voss

2024

Modern Theology

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This article imagines how the discipline of comparative theology might sound in a decolonial key. Focusing on implications for Hindu‐Christian comparative theology, this article puts the sacramental theological approach of Indian Christian artist and theologian Jyoti Sahi into conversation with Michi Saagiig (Mississauga) Nishnaabeg theorist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's notion of land as pedagogy. In contrast to the narrow epistemology that dominates the academy, this study highlights features of a land‐based alternative in which place, positionality, and relation are central to knowing; in which a subject is not first a thinker but a person in relation to a particular locale; and in which ecological and theological thinking encompass not only the sustainability of natural “resources,” but also the histories and exercises of power within a place.

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Section: An Expanded Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Hindu‐Christian Comparative Theology in a Decolonial Key

Voss

2024

Modern Theology

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“…In this, the body should not be seen as an object responding to stimuli in nature, but as an existential body, continuously experiencing and experienced, in movement and intentionally seeking out into the world [10,11]. The reciprocal "sense-full" interaction between our body and the world stresses the understanding that nature not only talks to us, but also listens [26]. The participants in the current study talked about how they could leave some of their worries in nature in a reciprocal exchange, in which they received some of nature's calmness in return.…”

Section: Recovery As Everyday Experiences and The Reciprocal Human-nature Bondmentioning

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“…The objectification of the body that appears prominent in much of the literature related to EDs [14] can be contrasted with the subjective and embodied experiences seen as essential in the human-nature interaction [26]. The present study was situated in a Norwegian context, where friluftsliv (often related to "outdoor pursuits" or "outdoor life"), understood as comprising nature-based, non-competitive, and non-motorized activities (either sedentary or active) [27], constitutes the cultural context in which the experiences with nature take place.…”

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Embodying Experiences with Nature in Everyday Life Recovery for Persons with Eating Disorders

Trangsrud

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Bratland‐Sanda

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Eating disorders can be understood as attempts to manage a problematic relationship with one’s own body. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore and discuss perspectives of embodying “experiences with nature” related to recovery in everyday life for persons experiencing eating disorders. The study was carried out in the context of a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Eight participants with an interest in nature and friluftsliv (outdoor pursuits), and with experiences with bulimia nervosa and/or binge-eating disorders, were interviewed twice. Interviews took place in nature, in combination with a “going together” method. The results reveal how the participants highlighted experiences with nature as accentuating feelings of calmness and an engagement of the senses. Participants described nature as a non-judgmental environment that also provided room for self-care. This article explores the implications of everyday life perspectives on nature in recovery, as well as of an integrated focus on body and mind in experiences with eating disorders. The article concludes with an emphasis on how participant’s embodying experiences with nature enabled a (re)connection with one’s own body.

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