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Cheryl Hunt, University of Exeter
Book Review Editor
Josie Gregory, Foundation for Workplace Spirituality
Send books for review to: 19 Doods Park Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0PZ, United Kingdom
Journal for the Study of Spirituality is an exciting new international peer-reviewed journal. Its intention is to create a unique interdisciplinary, inter-professional and cross-cultural forum where researchers, scholars and others engaged in the study and practices of spirituality can share and debate the research, knowledge, wisdom and insight associated with spirituality and contemporary spirituality studies.
The Journal is affiliated to the British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS). BASS organises a biennial international conference and welcomes enquiries about membership from those interested in the study of spirituality in the UK and worldwide.
Rationale
The study of spirituality has developed within and across a number of disciplines and draws on methodological approaches ranging from autoethnography to large quantitative studies. Within many professions there is a statutory duty to respond to the spiritual needs of service users. In local communities there are numerous informal groups focussing on personal/spiritual development; and growing evidence of grassroots movements aimed at advancing public knowledge and mutual understanding of different faith and spiritual pathways. To date, however, there has been no single forum in which research and scholarly interests in, and experiences of, spirituality and spiritual care can be brought together. Because they cross international, cultural, subject and professional boundaries, and can also arise outside of academic and professional contexts, they tend to be reported in journals and at conferences and meetings which do not often cross-fertilise one another. Journal for the Study of Spirituality aims to provide this much-needed forum for a wide-ranging exploration of spirituality, informed by the research, scholarship, ideas, traditions, critiques, practices and experiences generated in different settings.
Focus
The journal is concerned with what spirituality means, and how it is expressed, in individuals’ lives and communities and in professional practice settings; and with the impact and implications of spirituality in, and on, social policy, organizational practices and personal and professional development. The journal recognises that spirituality and spiritual values can be expressed and studied in secular contexts, including in scientific and professional practice settings, as well as within faith and wisdom traditions. Thus, Journal for the Study of Spirituality particularly welcomes contributions that:
* identify new agendas for research into spirituality within and across subject disciplines and professions;
* explore different epistemological and methodological approaches to the study of spirituality;
* introduce comparative perspectives and insights drawn from different cultures and/or professional practice settings;
* aim to apply and develop sustained reflection, investigation and critique in relation to spirituality and spiritual practices;
* critically examine the values and presuppositions underpinning different forms of spirituality and spiritual practices;
* incorporate different forms of writing and expressions of spirituality.
Scope
Journal for the Study of Spirituality includes:
* Research papers based on completed research or substantial work-in-progress (epistemological and methodological approaches should be clarified for the benefit of readers from different disciplines and cultures);
* Scholarly articles exploring understandings of spirituality, including within professional practice settings;
* Critically reflexive and/or autoethnographic accounts of the experience or practice of spirituality;
* Critique/discussion papers designed to generate debate from one issue to the next;
* Book reviews of recent publications;
* Occasional review essays focussing on established texts in the field;
* Reports of recent relevant conferences;
* Brief summaries of completed doctoral theses in the field (online only).
Publication: May and November.
The first issue will appear in May, 2011.
ISSN 2044-0243 (print)
ISSN 2044-0251 (online)
Cheryl Hunt, University of Exeter
Book Review Editor
Josie Gregory, Foundation for Workplace Spirituality
Send books for review to: 19 Doods Park Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0PZ, United Kingdom
Journal for the Study of Spirituality is an exciting new international peer-reviewed journal. Its intention is to create a unique interdisciplinary, inter-professional and cross-cultural forum where researchers, scholars and others engaged in the study and practices of spirituality can share and debate the research, knowledge, wisdom and insight associated with spirituality and contemporary spirituality studies.
The Journal is affiliated to the British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS). BASS organises a biennial international conference and welcomes enquiries about membership from those interested in the study of spirituality in the UK and worldwide.
Rationale
The study of spirituality has developed within and across a number of disciplines and draws on methodological approaches ranging from autoethnography to large quantitative studies. Within many professions there is a statutory duty to respond to the spiritual needs of service users. In local communities there are numerous informal groups focussing on personal/spiritual development; and growing evidence of grassroots movements aimed at advancing public knowledge and mutual understanding of different faith and spiritual pathways. To date, however, there has been no single forum in which research and scholarly interests in, and experiences of, spirituality and spiritual care can be brought together. Because they cross international, cultural, subject and professional boundaries, and can also arise outside of academic and professional contexts, they tend to be reported in journals and at conferences and meetings which do not often cross-fertilise one another. Journal for the Study of Spirituality aims to provide this much-needed forum for a wide-ranging exploration of spirituality, informed by the research, scholarship, ideas, traditions, critiques, practices and experiences generated in different settings.
Focus
The journal is concerned with what spirituality means, and how it is expressed, in individuals’ lives and communities and in professional practice settings; and with the impact and implications of spirituality in, and on, social policy, organizational practices and personal and professional development. The journal recognises that spirituality and spiritual values can be expressed and studied in secular contexts, including in scientific and professional practice settings, as well as within faith and wisdom traditions. Thus, Journal for the Study of Spirituality particularly welcomes contributions that:
* identify new agendas for research into spirituality within and across subject disciplines and professions;
* explore different epistemological and methodological approaches to the study of spirituality;
* introduce comparative perspectives and insights drawn from different cultures and/or professional practice settings;
* aim to apply and develop sustained reflection, investigation and critique in relation to spirituality and spiritual practices;
* critically examine the values and presuppositions underpinning different forms of spirituality and spiritual practices;
* incorporate different forms of writing and expressions of spirituality.
Scope
Journal for the Study of Spirituality includes:
* Research papers based on completed research or substantial work-in-progress (epistemological and methodological approaches should be clarified for the benefit of readers from different disciplines and cultures);
* Scholarly articles exploring understandings of spirituality, including within professional practice settings;
* Critically reflexive and/or autoethnographic accounts of the experience or practice of spirituality;
* Critique/discussion papers designed to generate debate from one issue to the next;
* Book reviews of recent publications;
* Occasional review essays focussing on established texts in the field;
* Reports of recent relevant conferences;
* Brief summaries of completed doctoral theses in the field (online only).
Publication: May and November.
The first issue will appear in May, 2011.
ISSN 2044-0243 (print)
ISSN 2044-0251 (online)
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