Beyond well-being : spirituality and human flourishing

• Other Authors: Miner, Maureen (Editor), Dowson, Martin (Editor), Devenish, Stuart (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pulishing, 2012.
• Subjects: Success > Religious aspects > Christianity.; Well-being > Religious aspects > Christianity.; Quality of life > Religious aspects > Christianity.; Spirituality.; Christianity > Psychology.; Positive psychology.; Religion > Christian Living > General.; Christian life and practice.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615094
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-806-7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 265 pages) : illustrations

This volume arose out of a deep concern to assist people in their struggle to lead a flourishing life. Fractured, stressed, relationally broken and spiritually empty people may instinctively reach for the supposed panacea of happiness. But happiness is often a transitory state. More stable and worth...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Understanding human flourishing
• Ch. 1. Spirituality as a key resource for human flourishing / Maureen Miner and Martin Dowson
• Ch. 2. Spirituality, human flourishing, and disease / Grand Gillett
• Ch. 3. The contribution of spirituality to our understanding of human flourishing : The perspective of christian theology / Stuart Devenish
• Ch. 4. Theology and human flourishing : The benefits of being "known by god" / Brian S. Rosner and Loyola M. McLean
• Part II. Resourcing human flourishing
• Ch. 5. How australian people make sense of life and assess its ultimate significance- and the difference it might make / Peter Kaldor, Alan Black, and Philip Hughes
• Ch. 6. Human flourishing in education : The relationships among student attachments, attributions and self-regulation / Tony George, Maureen Miner, and Martin Dowson
• Ch. 7. Towards a theory of personal maturity : Links to spirituality and human flourishing / Martin Dowson and Maureen Miner
• Ch. 8. Savoring life : The leader's journey to health, resilience and effectiveness / Stephen Smith
• Part III. Pracitiving human flourishing
• Ch. 9. Spirituality and community flourishing : A case of circular causality / Sue Kaldor and Maureen Miner
• Ch. 10. Guidance and human flourishing : The contribution of spirituality explored through mentoring and life couching / Diann L. Feldman and Alison D. Feldman
• Ch. 11. Wholistic coaching : A case study and analysis / Rick Brouwer and Maureen Miner
• Ch. 12. The pilgrim road to human flourishing : When the psychotherapeutic and the spiritual journeys meet / Loyola M. McLean and Marie-Thérèse Proctor
• Ch. 13. Conclusion.