Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

SPIRITUALITY IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGING CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Abstract
• Introduction - Religion and Spirituality
• A new consciousness: social and educational considerations
• Learning that addresses the inner and outer lives of students to their enhance learning in religious education
• A.General principles
• B. Teaching for transformation: Implications for learning programs and environments
• The role of the arts and perennial philosophy/Wisdom Literature found in the esoteric forms of most mainstream religions
• Accessing the universal teachings of great spiritual leaders and modelling spiritual traits
• Strategies to raise self-knowledge and inner awareness
• Addressing the relational aspect of students’ lives and promoting opportunities for students to discover the Other within themselves
• Prompting action for social justice and accepting responsibility to act for the common good
• Sacred spaces, silence and solitude
• Transcendence
• References
• [A Good Guiding Word]