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The Contributors Of This Collection Are All Highly Respected Educational Practitioners, Policymakers And Philosophers. The Book Examines The Meaning Role, And Possibilities Of Spirituality In Education From A Wide Range Of Perspectives. Book Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author Biographies -- Introduction -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Part I Philosophy And Spirituality -- Chapter 1 On The Very Idea Of Spiritual Values -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Iv -- V -- Vi -- Vii -- Viii -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Making Spirits Attentive -- I -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Ii -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Iii -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Iv -- Iv -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Iv -- V -- References -- Chapter 3 Spirituality, Science And Morality -- Spirituality Versus Science -- Spirituality As A Response To Finitude -- Spirituality And Faith -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Spirituality And Virtue -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Iv -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Stoic Meditations And The Shaping Of Character -- A Brave New Stoicism -- Sound Bodies And Sound Minds -- Controlling Anger And Rage -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part Ii Aspects Of Spirituality -- Chapter 6 Metaphor, Cognition And Spiritual Reality -- The Nature Of Metaphor -- Metaphor And Spirituality -- Understanding Spirituality Through Sexuality: Some Examples From Donne -- Note -- References -- Chapter 7 After Philosophy And Religion -- I -- Ii -- Iii -- Iv -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Images Of Spirituality -- Traditional Constructions -- The Mind-body-spirit Split -- Religious Connotations -- Contemporary Metaphors -- Paul Tillich's 'ultimate Concern' -- Parker Palmer's 'trothfulness' -- Maria Harris's 'dance Of The Spirit' -- Implications -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 Scholarship And Spirituality -- Current Deficiencies In The Climate For Scholarship -- Connections Between The Spiritual And The Intellectual -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 10 Spiritual Learning -- Horizontal And Vertical Spirituality -- Spiritual Flourishing -- Who Do You Think You Are? -- References -- Part Iii Spirituality And Education. Chapter 11 Spiritual Development And The Qualifications And Curriculum Authority -- Introduction -- History -- Issues -- Effects -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Longing To Connect -- Anticipated Benefits Of Spirituality In Schools -- Renewed Life, Energy, And Enthusiasm For Learning -- Acceptance Of Self And Compassion For Others -- The Transformation Of Consciousness Needed To Save The World -- Prospects For Spirituality In Public Schools -- The Absence Of A Widely Shared Understanding Of Spiritual Education -- The Political Organisation Of Public Schooling -- The Scarcity Of Reliable Spiritual Guides -- Creating The Conditions For Spirituality In Schools -- Articulate A New World-view -- Demonstrate That Spiritual Education 'works' -- Attend To Our Own Spiritual Development In The Academy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13 Education, Spirituality And The Common School -- The Common School And Its Educational Mandate -- Two Concerns And Their Implications -- Education In Spirituality In The Common School -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14 Spirituality, Pluralism And The Limits Of Common Schooling -- Whose Traditions? Which Spirituality? -- Common Spirituality And Spiritual Development -- Liberal Education, Autonomy And Spiritual Development -- The Limits Of Common Schooling: Consensus, Spirituality And Justice -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15 Three Conceptions Of Spirituality For Spiritual Education -- Recent Concern With Spiritual Education -- Spirituality With And Without Religion -- In Search Of A Third Way -- The Possibility Of Spiritual Knowledge And Truth -- Truth And Error In The Three Perspectives -- Notes -- References -- Index.