From Malaise to Re-enchantment: The Spiritual Retreat Centre as a Place of Environmental Adult Education

Adult education’s increasing interests in spirituality and the environment are intertwined against a backdrop of disenchantment and malaise within modern Western society. This article argues that attention should be directed towards environmental adult education responses and programmes located with...

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Published in:Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Main Author: Groen, Janet 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2013
In: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Year: 2013, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-55
Further subjects:B Adult learning
B ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
B Spirituality
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Summary:Adult education’s increasing interests in spirituality and the environment are intertwined against a backdrop of disenchantment and malaise within modern Western society. This article argues that attention should be directed towards environmental adult education responses and programmes located within a humanistic orientation to learning: an example being self-directed activities that weave together spirituality, nature and learning within the spiritual retreat centre.
ISSN:2044-0251
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1179/2044024313Z.0000000004