Full Description
Teaching with the Wind tackles the question, "Can education for a Canadian civic spirituality bridge the sometimes incommensurable worldviews of faith-based schools and secular public schools?" An affirmative answer is offered based on two foundations. First, that a national soul can be identified and thus serve as the content of spiritual education in Canada schools. Second, that a reconstructed approach to the contemplation-in-action method found in world religions and philosophy can provide an appropriate pedagogy for Canadian spiritual education. This book argues that education for civic spirituality is of paramount importance as Canada continues its transition from a Judeo-Christian and bicultural nation to a multi-faith and multicultural nation within a secular democracy. It offers a direction that would enrich religious and secular education systems as well as Canada as a whole.
Contents
Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Introduction: The More of Teaching
Chapter 4 Chapter One: Canadian Education and Spirituality
Chapter 5 Chapter Two: Foundations of Spiritual Knowing
Chapter 6 Chapter Three: Canadian Soul
Chapter 7 Chapter Four: Engaged Spirituality
Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Teaching the Path
Chapter 9 Chapter Six: Teacher Formation
Chapter 10 Chapter Seven: Spiritual Governance
Chapter 11 Conclusion: Teaching with the Wind
Part 12 Bibliography
Part 13 Index
