Spirituality Institute for Researach and Education

the spirituality institute for research and education (spire) has been established to serve the spiritual seeking of people, contribute to the academic study of spirituality in higher education colleges, and promote the phenomenon of ‘spirituality and’. ‘spirituality and’ refers to spirituality and healthcare, spirituality and aging, spirituality and management, spirituality and leadership, spirituality and disability, spirituality and social concern, spirituality and ecology, etc., that are all signs of a new spiritual consciousness across the globe. this new global spiritual awakening in our time is moving people to seek spiritual resources for issues about the meaning of life that come up in diverse settings. these contexts of lived experience include work, family, relationships, life-transitions, and concerns regarding human, societal and planetary wellbeing. spire aims to develop contemplative and critically informed spirituality guides, reflective practitioners, and skilled resea