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1st Edition

Spiritual Capital Spirituality in Practice in Christian Perspective

Edited By Michael O'Sullivan, Bernadette Flanagan Copyright 2012
    232 Pages
    by Gower

    232 Pages
    by Gower
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    Spiritual Capital seeks to re-focus discussion on core social values, on individuals' value systems and the internal dynamics that impel human beings to live by truth, goodness and love. This book defines, refines and disseminates the concept of spiritual capital. Contributions by practitioner-scholars in applied spirituality, who have practical experience of spiritual capital at work in diverse human situations, provide accounts of concrete expressions of spiritual capital and create an interdisciplinary discussion between spirituality practitioners, artists, ecologists, sociologists and others on the frontiers of change in contemporary culture.

    List of Figures, List of Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Exploring Spiritual Capital: Resource for an Uncertain Future?, 2 A Secular Response to Social Solidarity?: Social Capital, Religion and the Implications for Social Policy, 3 Spiritual Capital and the Turn to Spirituality, 4 T he Ecological Crisis and Spiritual Capital, 5 Frederick Ozanam’s Spiritual Capital and Today’s Consumer Society, 6 Spiritual Capital in a Competitive Workplace, 7 Faith-Based Organisations and the Work of International Development, 8 T he Spiritual Dimension to Bereavement through Suicide, 9 Spiritual Capital at Work in the Shadows, 10 Pilgrimage and Spiritual Capital, 11 Gardening as a Source of Spiritual Capital, 12 Poem-Making, Creativity and Meditative Practice, 13 Leonard Cohen, Spiritual Capital and Postmodern Seekers, Index

    Biography

    Michael O’Sullivan is Director of the MA in Applied Christian Spirituality and Co-Director of the inter-institutional Spiritual Capital Ireland Centre between All Hallows College and Waterford Institute of Technology.

    Bernadette Flanagan is Director of Research at All Hallows College, Dublin City University and Co-Director of the inter-institutional Spiritual Capital Ireland Centre between All Hallows College and Waterford Institute of Technology.

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