The soul of higher education : contemplative pedagogy, research and institutional life for the twenty-first century / edited by Margaret Benefiel, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Bo Karen Lee, Princeton Theological Seminary.
Epistemological foundations for contemplative higher education: challenging the dominant paradigm / Margaret Benefiel -- Contemplative method and the spiritual core of higher education / Mary Frohlich -- The contemplative classroom, or learning by heart in the age of google / Barbara Newman -- Lectio Divina / Stephanie Paulsell -- The compassionate Christ in the classroom: Ignatian spiritual reading / Bo Karen Lee -- What are people for?: cultivating connection and challenging self-interest / Dan Barbezat -- Transitioning contemplative practices from the safety of the classroom into secular organizational environments / André L. Delbecq -- On the emerging field of contemplative studies and its relationship to the study of spirituality / Jacob Holsinger Sherman -- "Only a feather": contemplative organizational life / Margaret Benefiel -- Maharishi University of Management: a community for consciousness / Dennis P. Heaton
Summary:
"This volume contributes to an understanding of the importance and implications of a contemplative grounding for higher education. It is the fourth in a series entitled Advances in Workplace Spirituality: Theory, Research and Application, which is intended to be an authoritative and comprehensive series in the field. The volume consists of chapters written by noted scholars from both Eastern and Western traditions that shed light on these questions"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Advances in workplace spirituality: theory, research, and application
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