Spirituality and Ethics in Education: Philosophical, Theological, and Radical Perspectives (Spirituality in Education) - Softcover

Alexander, Hanan A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903900077 ISBN 13: 9781903900079

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Visions of the "good life" are conspicuously absent in contemporary culture. This has sent people searching for a sense of spirituality within themselves, in their communities and traditions, and in the transcendent that lies beyond space and time. Contemporary education has abandoned a connection with spirituality and has failed as a consequence to cultivate goodness in people. Yet there is a deep connection between ethics, spirituality, and education. For spiritual visions respond to our quest for a moral life, and the first task of education is to initiate people into communities that celebrate such as life. This book is divided into three main sections: (1) calls for spirituality and ethics in education, (2) relations between the spiritual and the ethical in education, and (3) spiritual and ethical traditions and practices in education. Themes include education for justice, hope, and reconciliation; Jesus as teacher; spirituality and violence; spirituality and citizenship; the spirituality of Arab children in Israel and Palestine; spirituality and children in the Jewish tradition; spirituality and humanistic education; the dangers of spirituality in education; personal and collective spirituality in education; liturgy and literature in spiritual education; and spirituality and peace education. Spirituality and Ethics in Education provides an international, multicultural, interfaith forum concerning the philosophical, theological, and practical foundations of ethics in spiritual education for a rapidly changing world.

About this title

About the Author:

Hanan Alexander heads the University of Haifa's Center for Jewish Education, and its Project in Ethics and Education. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Religious Education: An Interfaith Journal of Spirituality, Growth, and Transformation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1903900077
• ISBN 13: 9781903900079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244