The Spiritual and the Earthly
People tend to divide human experience into spiritual and earthly, soul and body, pure and corrupt, wholesome and harmful. However, such over-simplified dichotomies encourage people to strive to preserve their purity and spirituality at the expense of the physical side of life, not realizing the int...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2001
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International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2001, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-157 |
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| Summary: | People tend to divide human experience into spiritual and earthly, soul and body, pure and corrupt, wholesome and harmful. However, such over-simplified dichotomies encourage people to strive to preserve their purity and spirituality at the expense of the physical side of life, not realizing the intimate connection between the two (which is seen, for example, in the case of erotic love). We can only escape from such dualistic thinking by a detailed consideration of desirable forms of life. Thus in sex education the role of the teacher is precisely to share forms of life with children, in order to prepare them for close relationships in adulthood and give them some understanding of love and the emotions. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8455 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13644360120068664 |