Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice:

1. Contemporary Spirituality: An Introduction to Understandings in Research and Practice
Marian Souza

Part I. Mysticism and Secularism

2. Christian Spirituality and Religious Mysticism: Adjunct, Parallel or Embedded Concepts?
Bernadette Flanagan

3. Spirituality and Persian Literature: Manifestation of Mysticism in Attar’s The Conference of the Birds

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

Part II. Education

6. Spirituality and Early Childhood Education and Care
Gill Goodliff

7. Adolescent Spirituality and Education
Karen Marie Yust

8. Spirituality and Education: A Framework
Robert (Bob) London

9. Spirituality and Contemplative Education
Aostre Johnson

10. A Unity of Peoples, Spirits, and Lands
Linita Manu’atu, M. Kēpa, M. Pepe, M. I. Taione

11. Towards a Holistic Teacher Education: Spirituality and Special Education Teacher Training
Kaili Zhang, Deirdra I-Hwey Wu

Part III. 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, Martin Dowson

14. Religion, Spirituality and Social Work
Sheila Furness

15. Spirituality and Practice in Social Work, Youth and Family Studies
Anthony James

16. Spirituality and Occupational Therapy: Reflections on Professional Practice and Future Possibilities
Mick Collins

17. Spirituality and Midwifery
Jennifer Hall

18. Spiritual Screening in Community-Based Palliative Care by the Multidisciplinary Team
Julie Fletcher

Part IV. 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, Sharon Lauricella

21. Spirituality in Management
Eleni Tzouramani, Fahri Karakas

22. Spirituality and the Arts: Interwoven Landscapes of Identities and Meaning
Marni J. 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

Part V. Analysing the Voices and Concluding Thoughts

25. Understandings and Applications of Contemporary Spirituality: Analysing the Voices
Marian Souza, Jacqueline Watson

Keywords: Education, Religion and Education, Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Child Well-being, Arts Education