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Conference - 'Spirituality in the 21ST Century: at the interface of Theory, Praxis & Pedagogy' Wednesday 21st March – Saturday 24th March 2012, Prague, Czech Republic
The contemporary study of spirituality encompasses a wide range of interests. These have come not only from the more traditional areas of religious scholarship—theology, philosophy of religion, history of religion, comparative religion, mysticism—but also more recently from management, medicine, and many other fields. This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding spirituality in regard to theory, praxis and pedagogy. Papers, reports, works-in-progress and workshops are invited from all regions of the world exploring all traditions, practices and approaches on issues related to any of the following themes:
- Conceptualizations of Spirituality
- Social and/or Cultural Aspects of Spirituality
- History(ies) of Spirituality
- Interpreting elements and examples of Spirituality
- The Liminal elements and facets of Spirituality
- Research and/or Pedagogical Approaches to Spiritual Work
- Spirituality and Addiction, Health Care, Medicine, and/or Nursing
- Spirituality in Counselling, Healing, Hospice Care, Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Work, Therapy and/or Wellbeing
- Spiritual and Ecological Maintenance of Health and Life of Human Beings
- Development of Personality as a Process of Spirit Creation
- Spirituality and Community
- Spirituality and Children
- Spiritual Basics of Development of the Value-Semantic Sphere of a Personality (schoolchildren, student youth, etc.)
- Spirituality in Education, Curriculum Development and/or Pedagogy
- Spiritual Topography/Topology
- Spirituality in Business and/or Management
- Spirituality, Compassion and Reconciliation
- Spirituality and Communication
- Cultural Expressions of Spirituality via Art, Dance, Film, The Internet, Literature, Music, Radio, Television and/or Theatre
- Spirituality and the Environment
- Spirituality and Gaia
- Theology and Spirituality – use and/or abuse
- Teleology and Spirituality
- Comparisons and/or Contrasts between Spiritual Theory, Praxis and Pedagogy
Organising Chairs: John L. Hochheimer, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University, USA. E-mail: Hoch@siu.edu
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Rob Fisher,Network Founder and Leader,Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Freeland, Oxfordshire, OX29 8HR. E-mail: s21@inter-disciplinary.net