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Pilgrimage as Spiritual Practice
Proposal abstract :
This grant seeks to investigate a spirituality based pedagogical approach to the introduction to spiritual practices courses (a required core course for all MA/Mdiv students) by weaving together contemplative practices from pilgrimage, art, and interreligious studies for the explicit purposes of social healing and cultivating a community of belonging. This grant will fund the ability to travel and film across Los Angeles to various sacred sites that include art, diversity of spiritual traditions, and natural settings as a way of practicing pilgrimage and introducing students to the diversity of LA and their own contexts.Through this innovative approach, we aim to foster a deeply personal and communal environment that empowers students to discover the wisdom present in their context and learn how spiritual practice is vital to the work of compassion, justice, and belonging.
This grant seeks to investigate a spirituality based pedagogical approach to the introduction to spiritual practices courses (a required core course for all MA/Mdiv students) by weaving together contemplative practices from pilgrimage, art, and interreligious studies for the explicit purposes of social healing and cultivating a community of belonging. This grant will fund the ability to travel and film across Los Angeles to various sacred sites that include art, diversity of spiritual traditions, and natural settings as a way of practicing pilgrimage and introducing students to the diversity of LA and their own contexts.Through this innovative approach, we aim to foster a deeply personal and communal environment that empowers students to discover the wisdom present in their context and learn how spiritual practice is vital to the work of compassion, justice, and belonging.