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Linking sustainability and spirituality: A preliminary assessment in pursuit of a sustainable and ethically correct world

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 380; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135091

ISSN

1879-1786

Autores

Walter Leal Filho, Amanda Lange Sálvia, Rohana Ulluwishewa, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Mark Mifsud, Todd LeVasseur, Vanderli Correia Prieto, Adriana Consorte-McCrea, Arminda Paço, Bárbara Fritzen, Subhasis Ray, Neil Gordon, Johannes M. Luetz, Bruno Borsari, Madhavi Venkatesan, Sharif A. Mukul, Richard M. Carp, Halima Begum, Edward Kweku Nunoo, Nandhivarman Muthu, Subarna Sivapalan, Katarzyna Cichos, Esther Farrugia,

Tópico(s)

Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Resumo

The influence of humanity on the environment and the use of natural resources may be affected by spirituality, through awareness for developing a greater conscience about the implications of human actions and needs to adjust these in achieving sustainable development.However, the literature indicates a lack of consensus about operationalizing spirituality outside the management field and its connection with sustainability.This study focused on the relation between these topics in the educational sector and investigated whether spirituality informs the teaching and research of sustainability within higher education curricula.An online survey was administered to a convenience sample (n = 100) of academic staff working at higher education institutions in 25 countries.The questions posed by the research instrument included open-ended and multiple-choice queries, that yielded qualitative and quantitative data.Overall, the results suggest that there is widespread awareness about making

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