Education and the soul : toward a spiritual curriculum / John P. Miller ; with a foreword by Thomas Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, John P., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral education.

Spiritual formation.

Education--Curricula.

Education.

Soul.

Physical Description:

ix, 168 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2000.

Summary:

Annotation Education and the Soul is the first book to comprehensively address how the soul can be nourished in educational settings. The book explores the nature of the soul and offers teaching/learning approaches that can be used to nurture the development of students' souls. It also examines how institutions such as schools have souls and what can be done to care for a school's spiritual life. Book jacket.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

FOREWORD: THE SOUL AS EDUCATOR by Thomas Moore

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART I: EXPLORING SOUL

1. Education and the Soul

2. Conceptions of the Soul

3. Love and Work

PART II: NURTURING SOUL

4. Curriculum for the Inner Life

5. Arts Education and the Soul

6. Earth and the Soul

7. The Soulful School

8. The Soulful Teacher

9. Change and the Soul

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Miller, John P. Education and the Soul : Toward a Spiritual Curriculum.

ISBN:

1-4384-1313-0

0-7914-4341-8

0-7914-4342-6

OCLC:

923397914