Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys beyond Entrenched Boundaries

Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys beyond Entrenched Boundaries
Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction
Apophasis and Askêsis: Mystical Facets of Contemporary Spirituality
Spiritus(,) Carminis
A Self-Report Measure for Familiarity with Mental Silence
What Does Oneness Mean to You? A Survey in a Spiritual Organization
Mindfulness, Psychosis and the Fine Tightrope
Before Good and Evil: Giorgio Agamben’s Ethical Elements and Masato Ogata’s Spirituality
Secular Humanism, Spirituality and Mourning Rituals: A Transformational Journey without God
Dancing the Process of Living-Dying: Contemplations on Life-and-Death in Japanese Butō Dance of Ohno Yoshito
Educational Theory and Spirituality
Teaching to Transform
Meditation: Using it in the Classroom
Spiritual Awareness within a Religious Frame: A ‘Responsive Evaluation’ of One School’s Approach to Chaplaincy
From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained: Homecoming in Anne Rice’s Called Out of Darkness
Investigating Narrative Fiction and the Spiritual Dimensions of Childhood: Occasions for Revelation
Spirituality and Addiction: The Role of Twelve-Step Programs in Eden Robinson’s Blood Sports
Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents: Octavia Butler and Spiritual Ecofeminism
Spirituality, Feminist Subjectivities and the Construction of Intercultural Relations: Analysis of Twelve (12) Interviews in Québec, Canada
The Secular Use of Gospel Singing in Japan: Cultural Appropriation or Spiritual Exploration?