1st Edition

Spirituality in Education in a Global, Pluralised World

By Marian de Souza Copyright 2016
180 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

A particular problem associated with international research in the field of spirituality and education is the reluctance of scholars to agree on what spirituality means, with numerous descriptions increasing ambiguity and reducing the impact of research in the discipline. This book argues that it is important to understand spirituality as a unifying concept that has the potential to be meaningful... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1

Spirituality, Children and Young People: Perspectives from Research

Chapter 2

The Empathic Mind: Essence of Human Spirituality

Chapter 3

Social and Political Contexts: Influences on Spiritual Wellbeing

Chapter 4

Connectedness and Connectedness: Spirituality and the Shadow

Chapter 5

A Holistic Approach: An Integration of Cognitive, Affective Spiritual and Multisensory Learning

Chapter 6

To the Future: The Implications of an Emerging Interspiritual Age

Epilogue

Biography

Dr Marian de Souza is an Honorary Assoc Prof at Federation University, Ballarat, Australia and an Honorary Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She is also Chair, International Association for Children’s Spirituality.