Ms. A

Head of RE. Enthusiast of many things but mostly St. Augustine, Middle Earth lore, rambling, buying more books than I can read . Co-host of @REBookClub

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@missdcox So - it’s not important for me to know about volcanos to answer “what is consciousness?” But mind, body, dualism, permanence, spirit are etc etc

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@missdcox If substantive knowledge is knowledge about concepts, and disc. is knowing what kinds of questions you’re trying to answer, or claims you’re trying to resolve, then the boundaries will be about which substantive knowledge is useful for helping us answer those disciplinary qs.

[RE Book Club @REBookClub]

The possible books are:

1. P Singer - Animal Liberation
2. H Khalid - Walking with Nanak
3. S Tharoor - Why I am a Hindu
4. R Buxton & L Whiting - The Philosopher Queens

Looking forward to seeing what you choose and then getting to read it over Easter!

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

Extremely pleased with my most recent podcast intro
“Some say Immanuel Kant, but at least Immanuel tried...”

You can barely hear me laughing

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

One of the confusions I've had about Worldviews is how it translates into high quality disciplinary practice. There are arguably billions of worldviews so how does that work without becoming billions of independent stories or facts. This thought has perhaps provided some clarity

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

At a Quaker discussion about peace that got v metaphysical. So many students were grasping at language they just did not have. This for me is a huge reason for our subject: providing spiritual, ethical, metaphysical language for people to explore literally every important thing.

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

Mastery of this language is what unlocks genuine understanding of the variety of experiences that emerge from lives lived around it. I think we enable this mastery by teaching what it is, how it's been formed, and (is this worldviews?) how it is used by different groups.

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@AndyLewis_RE I would really like an example of an excellent scheme that centres the emphasis on individual worldview. Atm I find it hard to fit in with everything else I understand about knowledge and disciplines...so like some modelling would help me.

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

I'm sure OS maps are the most blessed thing to come out of this country

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@Buisst_Teaching @michaeldoron @EnserMark Yes. yes I do. Love that idea. Will DM.

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

Did someone do a blog on D&D and Hinterland recently? Could anyone point me in its direction?

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@EnserMark @Buisst_Teaching @michaeldoron I guess less specifically D&D and more successful world building in general - I feel there are parallels between them - i.e. between when I go to town writing a character backstory/personal philosophy and how I plan a scheme of work. I will write up thoughts more formally!

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@EnserMark @Buisst_Teaching @michaeldoron Ah great! It was the @michaeldoron I saw originally. Both super useful -thanks! The world of D&D is a still largely untapped source of inspiration for teaching I reckon....

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@Buisst_Teaching I would love to attend this - trying to limit my twitter exposure and keep missing out on great initiatives. Can I be added to attendees? 🤓

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@REBookClub They're obsessed with this on Kermode&Mayo's film review podcast, and it's been used in a few films - suggests it is one of her greatest legacies! There is a level of personal emotion in her writing, she conjures up a physical, personal image of the Christ - pretty remarkable!

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@JPaddy @RE_McGEE @REBookClub Yes - hell and purgatory being much more physical places of real experience - I imagine at the time (political and social upheaval, Black Death etc) the veil between hell and this world felt thinner

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@RE_McGEE @JPaddy @REBookClub I think that hits the nail on the head. The same reason Augustine can't abide penal substitution: God IS love itself. How can there be anger and wrath there?

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@REBookClub I think her status as an anchoress probably helped? But also what WASN'T in danger of being heresy at the time? 😂Makes me think of Abelard again like you said @RE_McGEE

[Ms. A @Ms_AtkinsRE]

@JPaddy @RE_McGEE @REBookClub I wonder if our "universalism" is very Post-Calvin and the Reformers. Perhaps her emphasis is more about her sense that God's love is totally overwhelming and all encompassing and that it's unhelpful to think of saved and unsaved?