| Contents |
Introduction : culture, spirituality, and adult learning -- Breaking the silence : defining spirituality in a culturally relevant educational context -- Spirituality, religion, and culture in lived experience : overlaps and separations -- Between the cultural and the universal : themes and variations of spiritual experience -- The great spiral : spiritual development as a process of moving forward and spiraling back -- Gender, culture, and spiritual identity in midlife integration -- The role of spiritual experience in developing a positive cultural identity -- Searching for wholeness : crossing culture, white identity, and spiritual development -- Approaching transformative teaching grounded in spirituality and cultural relevance -- A theory-in-progress of a spiritually grounded, culturally relevant pedagogy : philosophical underpinnings and new directions -- Stories from the field : spirituality and culture in adult higher education classrooms -- The possibilities and challenges of spirituality-grounded, culturally relevant teaching -- Epilogue : final reflections. |
