The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies

Bernadette Flanagan, Kerri Clough

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Abstract

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies provides the first authoritative overview of methodology in this growing field. Against the background of the pandemic and other global challenges, spirituality is expanding as an agreed term with which to discuss the efforts people make to be fully present to deeper, invisible dimensions of their personal identity and external reality, but until now there have been few resources exploring the different methodological approaches researchers take.

This book explores the primary methodologies emerging: First Person, Second Person, and Third Person, and provides a systematisation of spirituality research in applied contexts for the first time. Comprising 33 chapters by a team of international contributors, the book is divided into seven parts:

Foundations
Approaches to Contemplative Research
Contemplative Research in Education
Contemplative Research in Work and Leadership
Contemplative Research in Science, Health, and Healing
Contemplative Research in Social Sciences
Contemplative Research and the Way Forward
The Handbook provides readers, practitioners, and policymakers with methods and approaches which can facilitate a spiritual and contemplative stance in research activities. It is an essential resource for researchers and students of Religion, Spirituality, and Research Methods.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages500
ISBN (Print)ISBN 9781032377278
Publication statusPublished - 01 Sep 2024
EventBOOK LAUNCH - ONLINE
Duration: 04 Dec 202404 Dec 2024

Publication series

NameRoutledge Handbooks in Religion
PublisherRoutledge

Keywords

  • Contemplative traditions
  • research methodology
  • indigenous harm reduction

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