Blessed are the uncertain, for they will experience excess

Horner, L.K (2014) 'Blessed are the uncertain, for they will experience excess.' Emotion, Space and Society, 11. pp. 6-15.

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Abstract

In this paper I look at the possibility that uncertainty may not merely be a stage in the research process, but an outcome in itself. Exploring how university education and scholarship collided with my own personal experiences and identity I discuss how a combination of poststructural theory and my encounters with peace, conflict and religion enabled me to value uncertainty, and I make the case that uncertainty can open up the future to the gift of chance. By intertwining discussions of both lived experience and academic work, the organisation of the paper reflects how the two became inextricably linked, continuously folding into each other, so that my sense of self influenced my research, and conversely, my research influenced my sense of self. The outcome is a discussion of how I incorporated uncertainty into my research and personal life, which I explore using the example of religion, and how I lost and gained my faith, rejecting my previous Christianity while reconstructing a kind of faith found in uncertainty, a sense of place and ethical space to come.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Derrida; The event; Uncertainty; The gift of chance; Openings; Post-structural theology
Divisions:	School of Education
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2016 16:00
Last Modified:	15 Aug 2021 09:42
ISSN:	1755-4586
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/7573

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