In defence of the concept of ‘spiritual education’: a reply to Roger Marples

In a paper published in Volume 11, no. 2, of this journal, Roger Marples argued that the term ‘spiritual education’ is at most superfluous and at worst entirely meaningless. He suggested that the use of the term is unhelpful and will continue to be so unless and until we can identify some body of sp...

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Main Author: Best, Ron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2008
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2008, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 321-329
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B spiritual education
B Spiritual Development
B SMSC
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