Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice

Preface by Jane Erricker and Clive Erricker.- 1. Introduction: Contemporary understandings and applications of spirituality: An introduction; Marian de Souza.- Section 1: Mysticism and Secularism.- 2. Christian spirituality and religious mysticism: Adjunct, parallel or embedded concepts?; Bernadette Flanagan.- 3. Spirituality and mysticism literature from Iran; Haleh Rafi.- 4. Contemporary sociological approaches to spirituality; Andrew Singleton.- 5. The spiritual care and nurture of the non-religious in the caring professions; Jacqueline Watson.- Section 2: Education.- 6. Spirituality and early childhood education: Play; Gill Goodliff.- 7. Adolescent spirituality and education; Karen-Marie Yust.- 8. Spirituality and education: A framework; Robert London.- 9. Spirituality in contemplative education; Aostre Johnson.- 10. A unity of peoples, spirits, and lands: Companions of indigenous and migrant education; Linita Manu'atu, Mere K¬_pa, Pepe, M. and Taione, M.I.- 11. Towards a holistic teacher education: Spirituality and special education teacher training; Kaili Zhang and Deirdra I-Hwey Wu.- Section 3: Health, Social Care and Wellbeing.- 12. Spirituality and cognitive neuroscience: A partnership for refining maps of the mind; B. Les Lancaster.- 13. Spirituality: Perspectives from psychology; Maureen Miner and Martin Dowson.- 14. Religion, spirituality and social work; Sheila Furness.- 15. Spirituality and practice across the fields of social work and family studies; Anthony James.- 16. Spirituality and occupational therapy: Reflections on professional practice and future possibilities; Mick Collins.- 17. Spirituality and midwifery; Jenny Hall.- 18. Spiritual screening in community-based palliative care by the multi-disciplinary team; Julie Fletcher.- Section 4: Business, Social and Cultural Studies.- 19. Environmental issues and spirituality: Tracing the past and making contemporary connections; Jane Bone.- 20. The states of spiritual communication (in part): Exploring the sharing of meaning; John L. Hochheimer, Timothy Huffman and Sharon Lauricella.- 21. Spirituality in management; Eleni Tzouramani and Fahri Karakas.- 22. Spirituality and the arts: Interwoven landscapes of identities and meaning; Marni Binder.- 23. Nurturing spirituality through picture books in children's literature: A focus on the Upton's Golliwogg stories; Olga Buttigieg.- 24. Taoism through Tai Chi Chuan: Physical culture as religious or holistic spirituality?; David Brown.- Section 4: Analysing the Voices and Concluding Thoughts.- 25. Understandings and applications of contemporary spirituality - Analysing the voices; Marian de Souza and Jacqueline Watson.