Towards a Decological Praxis. (1st January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nogueira-Godsey, Elaine
• Is Part Of: Horizontes decoloniales. Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 98
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Subjects: Religion and politics -- Periodicals; Postcolonial theology -- Periodicals; Postcolonial theology; Religion and politics; Periodicals; 201.72
• DOI: 10.13169/decohori.5.1.0073
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2422-6343

Abstract

Abstract in English: In this paper, I argue that social justice cannot be fully realized without affirming its intrinsic ties to environmental justice, and further that these ties point toward a 'decological praxis.' Decological praxis is a truncation of decolonial ecological pedagogy. It is a praxis that I am crafting and one which I propose that those concerned with justice-oriented theological education can have in common, as it offers possibilities to partake in a progressively shared intersectional decolonial theological methodology. It is decolonial because this is a practice focused in training the mind to emancipate oneself, the other and nature from long-standing hierarchical patterns of power reproducing colonial modes of relationships. I propose that we use decological praxis as the orienting principle to teach, research and learn from each other's experiences of social and environmental injustice. I conclude by proposing that this praxis may result in a culture of decoloniality, which brings into light the need to investigate the effects of coloniality in our own, temporal and local, lived experiences and to do so via a process of deliberate self-reflexivity. Key words : Environmental Justice, Ecofeminism, Theology, Coloniality, Decolonial Pedagogical Praxis.