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Reinert, Duane F.; Bloomingdale, John R. – Counseling and Values, 1999
Presents evidence to support the validity of Genia's (1997) spiritual maturity typology. Participants (N=256) were categorized as spiritually growth-oriented, transitional, dogmatic, or undeveloped. Results indicate that those in the undeveloped and dogmatic groups were more emotionally distressed than those in the growth-oriented group. Also…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling, Emotional Development, Mental Health

Love, Patrick; Talbot, Donna – NASPA Journal, 1999
Maintains that spirituality and spiritual development have been conspicuously absent from student development theories and ignored by many student affairs professionals. Argues for consideration of spiritual development by student development theorists, provides a definition and framework through which to consider spirituality and spiritual…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Spiritual Development, Spirituality

Marcic, Dorothy – Journal of Management Education, 2000
Three models were used to interpret sacred texts from major religions in terms of spiritual values in organizations: Marcic's Five Dimensions of Work, Hatcher's Spiritual Growth Framework, and Fowler's stages of spiritual development. All three helped students understand the connections between the world of work and the spirit. (SK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management Development, Models, Organizational Change

Tisdell, Elizabeth J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1999
Describes psychological perspectives on spiritual development within cultural contexts. Recommends that adult educators acknowledge the search for meaning, recognize adult learning is intended to nurture the soul, and become aware of how humans construct knowledge through images and symbols. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cultural Influences

Dalton, Jon C. – New Directions for Student Services, 2001
Examines how college students typically make a spiritual quest in their learning and development in college and how their spirituality influences expectations and preparation for work and community life beyond college. (Contains 11 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Students, Community, Higher Education
Hyde, Brendan – Religious Education, 2004
This article aims to explore the connections between a religious education curriculum's methodology in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia and some contemporary theories about children's spirituality. "The Good Shepherd Experience" curriculum is intended for use with 5- and 6-year-old children in the first years of formal schooling.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Imagination, Foreign Countries, Religious Factors

Berkel, LaVerne A.; Armstrong, Tonya D.; Cokley, Kevin O. – Counseling and Values, 2004
Spirituality is emerging as a significant area of inquiry for physical and mental health professionals (for a review see George, Larson, Koenig, & McCullough, 2000). Defined as the degree to which individuals endorse a relationship with God or a transcendent force that brings meaning and purpose to their existence, spirituality affects the ways in…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, College Students, African American Students, Religion
Watson, Brenda – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2004
The purpose of this article is to challenge the assumption that a wholly secular spirituality offers an appropriate basis for encouraging spirituality in state schools. It does this by, firstly, drawing attention to the reality of secularist indoctrination in our society and in our schools. This makes the anxiety about religious indoctrination, so…
Descriptors: State Schools, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Foreign Countries
Ma, Wonsuk – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2004
The study surveys the current growth of Pentecostal Christianity, as defined broadly, in Asia, particularly in comparison with Latin America and Africa, predicting that the future growth is expected to be exponential. In a brief historical survey, the continent is divided into four categories depending on the beginning and development of…
Descriptors: Churches, Christianity, Foreign Countries, Philosophy
Hyde, Brendan – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2004
Australian teachers in Church related schools have begun to use the term "spiritual intelligence" in their educational discourse. Is it accurate to describe spirituality as a form of intelligence? This paper explores whether the notion of spiritual intelligence is plausible. It addresses this firstly by discussing the notion of spiritual…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Problem Solving, Brain, Religious Factors
Schweitzer, Friedrich – British Journal of Religious Education, 2005
The attempt to establish children's rights can be called one of the major twentieth-century projects, with the 1989 United Nations Convention on Children's Rights as one of its most important results. Yet while the issue of spiritual development has played a clear role in the struggle for children's rights ever since the ground-breaking Geneva…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Religion, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development
Holland, Rochelle – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this case study was to examine the efficacy of a developing technique that has been coined by this author as a Mental Wellness Fast. Therefore, this paper has been written for therapists who utilize spirituality and/or religion into their practice. The technique is geared to assist clients with healing poor inner dialogues and it…
Descriptors: Therapy, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Wellness
White, Stephen R. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
The focus of this study is how educational leadership can respond to the emerging spiritual culture amongst college students in the United States as documented by the recent study published by the University of California--Los Angeles (UCLA) Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). The suggestion in this work is that the evolving notion of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, College Students, Religious Factors
Sky Hiltunen, Sirkku M. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2006
Anthroposophy has made the spiritual a living experience by producing numerous practical applications, such as veil painting, initially created by Liane Collot d'Herbois (1988). Its theoretical framework has been substantially simplified by the author and crucial meditative and contemplative steps have been added. European and American…
Descriptors: Patients, Art Therapy, Religious Factors, Art Products
Robert, Tracey E.; Young, J. Scott; Kelly, Virginia A. – Counseling and Values, 2006
The authors studied the relationships between adult workers' spiritual well-being and job satisfaction. Two hundred participants completed 2 instruments: the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (C. W. Ellison & R. F. Paloutzian, 1982) and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire Short Form (D. J. Weiss, R. V. Dawis, G. W. England, & L. H. Lofquist,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Regression Analysis, Job Satisfaction, Religious Factors