The Contemporary Perspectives on Spirituality in Education series explores how faith and spirituality can mend social relationships and fragmented communities. It focuses on understanding spirituality's role in addressing challenges, conflict, and marginalization in education both in the U.S. and internationally.

Section I. Education, Community, and Spirit.
Chapter 1. The Jesuit Impact on Community Engagement; Tanyathorn Hauwadhanasuk, Mariam Alnaim, Sami Alharbi, Suliman Alrubian, and Tyler De Shon.
Chapter 2. The Role of Community Engagement in Healing Racism in Ferguson, Missouri; Michaela Thomas, Mustafa Karnas, Mohammed Alfaleh, Tahani Alrajeh, Abdulrahman Albulayhi, and Saleh Alanazi.
Chapter 3. The Role of Religion in Community Unity; Roaa Aljafari.
Chapter 4. Dis/ability and Mental/Health Labels: Toward an Emancipatory/Well-Being of Black Women With Dis/ability Spiritual and Educational Experiences; Mercedes A. Cannon.
Section II. K-12 Education And Spirituality.
Chapter 5. An Elegy to the Abducted Nigerian School Girls; Rita Akin Otiko.
Chapter 6. Parenting With Compassion, Hope, and Love: The Heartbeat of a Spiritual Family; Kathleen Harris.
Chapter 7. Human(e) Education: Being and Learning for a Trans-Modern Age; Lanney Mayer.
Chapter 8. Resilience Cultivation for Children of Displaced Background: Efforts on Resilience for Migrant Children and Youths in Chinese Urban Areas; Ning Guo.
Chapter 9. Beginning at Birth: The Role of Spiritual Development in Raising Healthy Children for a Just and Good Society; Deborah Schein.
Chapter 10. Buber's Spiritual Classroom; Thomas Peterson.
Chapter 11. Meeting: A Conduit for Vulnerability and Hope; Thomas Peterson.
Section III. Higher Education And Spirituality.
Chapter 12. Onward and Upward in Lieu of Turmoil and Confusion: Resiliency While Navigating Black Religious Experience in University Settings; Michael F. Jones, II & Timika S. Edwards.
Chapter 13. Social Justice as a Medium for Interfaith Engagement in College: Lessons Learned From a Case Study; Shauna Morin.
Chapter 14. Overlooked Interfaith Champions? How Foreign Language Faculty Are Helping Students Engage and Appreciate Worldview Differences; Kevin Singer, Lori E. Durako Fisher, Matthew Mayhew, and Alyssa N. Rockenbach.
Chapter 15. How Do We Arm Ourselves With Love? Examining Armed Love Through Educators' Critical Conversations in an Online Platform; Cristina Santamarí­a Graff.
Chapter 16. Contemporary Perspectives on Spirituality in Education Interracial and Interdenominational Faculty Partnerships for Social Justice Work; Jandel Crutchfield and John Caldwell.
Chapter 17. The President and I; Farah Habli.
Chapter 18. Project-Based Learning and Contemplative Pedagogy: Tools for Molding the Heart and the Mind; Dannielle Joy Davis.
Chapter 19. The Task of Our Generation: A Practitioner's Reflection on Spoken Word Poetry, Spirituality, and Education; Moira Pirsch.
Chapter 20. A Zen Moment: Using Mindfulness to Engage and Heal Classrooms; Molly Dunn.
Chapter 21. Freedom; Bryce Davis Bohon.
About the Authors.