Key Features - Includes short, accessible entries written by leading specialists and theorists from a wide range of disciplines and professions, both within the United States and internationally, to provide a broad, multidisciplinary scope
- Offers entries that are unrelated to religion and religious experiences in order to examine spirituality in the broadest sense that encompasses religion as just one path toward spiritual development
- Explores community-based programs that focus on enhancing spiritual development, as well as the links between spiritual development and positive personal and social development in youth
- Offers reference lists for each entry that enable readers to gain further information related to the topic
Key Themes
- Leading Religious and Spiritual Figures
- Traditions
- Texts
- Places, Religious and Spiritual
- Practices, Religious and Spiritual Concepts
- Religious and Spiritual Theory
- Supports/Contexts
- Nature
- Health
- Art
- Organizations
The Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development makes a significant contribution to the research and scholarship looking at the similarities and differences in religiousness and spirituality. It is a welcome addition to any academic library or religious reference collection.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780761928836
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-7619-2883-6
- Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
- Erscheinungstermin: 02.11.2005
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2005
- Serie: The SAGE Program on Applied Developmental Science
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 1638 g
- Seiten: 544
- Format (B x H x T): 221 x 286 x 34 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt