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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806212803321

Titolo

Spirituality, philosophy and education / / edited by David Carr and John Haldane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-43459-6

1-134-43460-X

1-138-00865-6

1-280-05125-6

0-203-46490-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarrDavid <1944->

HaldaneJohn

Disciplina

370.114

Soggetti

Spirituality - Study and teaching

Religious education - Philosophy

Teaching - Religious aspects

Teaching - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Author biographies; Introduction; Philosophy and spirituality; On the very idea of spiritual values; Making spirits attentive: moral-and-spiritual development; Spirituality, science and morality; Spirituality and virtue; Stoic meditations and the shaping of character: the case of educating the military; Aspects of spirituality; Metaphor, cognition and spiritual reality; After philosophy and religion: spirituality and its counterfeits; Images of spirituality: traditional and contemporary; Scholarship and spirituality; Spiritual learning: good for nothing?

Spirituality and educationSpiritual development and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; Longing to connect: spirituality and public schools; Education, spirituality and the common school; Spirituality, pluralism and the limits of common schooling; Three conceptions of spirituality for spiritual education; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The possibilities and importance of a spiritual dimension to education are subjects receiving increased consideration from educational practitioners, policymakers and philosophers. Spirituality, Philosophy and Education brings together contributions to the debate by a team of renowned philosophers of education. They bring to this subject a depth of scholarly and philosophical sophistication that was previously missing, and between them offer a wide-ranging exploration and analysis of what spiritual values have to offer contemporary education.The contributors address such subjects