ABSTRACT

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 as what we mean by 'spiritual values'; scholarship and spirituality; spirituality and virtue; spirituality, science and morality; the shaping of character; the value of spiritual learning; spiritual development and the curriculum and many others. All students of the philosophy of education and anyone interested in how spiritual values might play a part in informing education policy and practice will find this stimulating collection a rich source of ideas and a major addition to the thinking on the meaning, role and possibilities of spirituality in education.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Philosophy and spirituality

chapter 2|14 pages

Making spirits attentive

chapter 4|12 pages

Spirituality and virtue

part |2 pages

Part II Aspects of spirituality

chapter 7|14 pages

After philosophy and religion

chapter 8|14 pages

Images of spirituality

chapter 9|14 pages

Scholarship and spirituality

chapter 10|14 pages

Spiritual learning: good for nothing?

part |2 pages

Part III Spirituality and education