Ways of Learning in Spiritual Self-Help: Singing Bowl Manuals and Handbooks

Multiple forms of learning that seek inspiration from religion and spirituality are found alongside more formal learning institutions in contemporary Western societies. Familiarization with spiritual well-being often takes place in introductory courses and workshops, which usually incorporate variou...

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VerfasserInnen: Annunen, Linda (VerfasserIn) ; Utriainen, Terhi 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2023
In: Numen
Jahr: 2023, Band: 70, Heft: 2/3, Seiten: 138-162
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Spiritualität / Wohlbefinden / Selbsthilfe / Lehrmittel / Klangschale
IxTheo Notationen:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
AH Religionspädagogik
AZ Neue Religionen
ZF Pädagogik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Learning
B therapeutics
B Self-help
B Science and religion
B course materials
B singing bowls
B Textbooks
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Zusammenfassung:Multiple forms of learning that seek inspiration from religion and spirituality are found alongside more formal learning institutions in contemporary Western societies. Familiarization with spiritual well-being often takes place in introductory courses and workshops, which usually incorporate various study materials – for example, course manuals. This article examines the use of learning materials within well-being spirituality by studying course materials for singing bowl sound relaxation, together with ethnographic data. The analysis builds on a thematic analysis that draws on studies of self-help literature and the notions of formal and nonformal learning, which help to further our understanding of self-help literature as a potentially important if largely unacknowledged source for learning. Our main argument is that singing bowl course materials in multiple ways express entanglements of secular and spiritual pedagogics and shed light on the place and role of contemporary spirituality in the wider frame of continuous adult learning.
ISSN:1568-5276
Enthält:Enthalten in: Numen
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685276-20231689