Spiritual Discourse in the Academy: A Globalized Indigenous Perspective

Contents: Francis Akena Adyanga: African Spirituality and the Traditional Justice System: Pedagogical Implications for Education – Elias K. Bongmba: Spirituality: An Intersubjective Practice – Onek C. Adyanga: Response to the Context Theme – Jean-Paul Restoule/Erin Wolfson/Candace Brunette/Christine...

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Collaborateurs: Wane, Njoki Nathani (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Ilmi, Ahmed Ali (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Adyanga, Francis Akena (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York Peter Lang Inc. , International Academic Publishers 2012, c2014
Dans:Année: 2012
Édition:1st, New ed
Collection/Revue:Black Studies and Critical Thinking 55
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Mondialisation / Culture traditionnelle / Pluralisme religieux / Spiritualité / Apprentissage interculturel / Enseignement supérieur
Sujets non-standardisés:B Recueil d'articles
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
Available in another form: 9781433122309
Available in another form: 9781433122316
Available in another form: 9781454199595
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Résumé:Contents: Francis Akena Adyanga: African Spirituality and the Traditional Justice System: Pedagogical Implications for Education – Elias K. Bongmba: Spirituality: An Intersubjective Practice – Onek C. Adyanga: Response to the Context Theme – Jean-Paul Restoule/Erin Wolfson/Candace Brunette/Christine Smillie/Angela Mashford-Pringle/Maya Chacaby/Gail Russel: Supporting Aboriginal Learners in Post-Secondary Education Institutions in Ontario – Ahmed Ali Ilmi: Claiming the Sacred: Indigenous African Spirituality and Schooling – Neville G. Panthaki: Swaraj, Spirituality, and Saraswati: Conceptualizing Post-Colonial Indian Secular Cosmopolitanism as Identity, and Education – Mary Ashiedu: Spirituality as a Strategy for Survival: An Igbo Perspective – Onek C. Adyanga: Response to the Pedagogy Theme – Theme Three: Discourse – Njoki Nathani Wane: Students’ Spiritual Selves: Implications for Classroom Practices – Erick Fabris: Spirituality and a Mad People's Commons – Natalie McDoom-Slack: The Liberation of Critical Pedagogy: Towards an Understanding of Spirituality and Education – Michael Onyedika Nwalutu: Dispiriting the Spiritual in Classroom Education: Critiquing Spirituality as a Tool for Transformative Education in 21st-Century Academe – Margarita Simon Guillory: The Creative Individual: Identity Construction and Individuality in African American Spirituality – Mindy Lee: Chinese Spirituality: Implications for Western Educators – Bradley D. Rowe: American Emerson: A Response to the Discourse Theme – Njoki Nathani Wane/Ahmed Ali Ilmi/Francis Akena Adyanga: Conclusion: An Invitation to Continuous Dialogue on Indigenous Spiritual Ways of Knowing.
Spiritual Discourse in the Academy focuses on the value of spirituality as a subjugated knowledge from globalized contexts. The book's central tenet is that spirituality is the core of one's intellectual growth and that its inclusion in education acknowledges the sum total of who we are. It not only offers strategies for transformative education, but also embraces global diversity and inclusive education for the twenty-first century
«It is a truism that the strength and depth of human existence rests on the individual and the collective acceptability of our spiritual being. This book has magnificently explored … the high destiny which has been bestowed on every human being … This book is highly recommended to everyone that seeks to tap into the existential spiritual well-being that invariably gives you the ‘feel-good factor.’» (Antonia Ashiedu, PhD, Delta State Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Nigeria)
ISBN:1453912355
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3726/978-1-4539-1235-5