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Sacred Spaces and the ‘Other’: Social Distance, Functional Distance, and Two Pilgrimage Sites in Asia
Modern pilgrimage has become more complex due to ever increasing numbers of people who engage in pilgrimage-like travel. Another complicating factor...
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Servant Leadership: An Effective Leadership Style for the Twenty-First Century
The Twenty-first century is becoming disruptive in many ways; the natural and the man-made world is changing rapidly. Over the past decade, both...
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China in an Asian Context
To examine China’s women’s leadership participation in the context of Asia, we compare the China’s approaches for women’s leadership empowerment with...
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Finding the Narrative: Shifting East
This first chapter sets out the question that lies at the heart of the book: what is it to be human in the twenty-first century, at the dawn of new...
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Spirituality in the Post-Pandemic Era
While religious affiliation and participation began declining decades before the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic stimulated inward reflection in many...
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Basic Concepts
This chapter clarifies the basic concepts of the book. A “value” is defined as an abstract ideal which organizes systems of action as standards for...
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The Yin-Yang Mind of Servant Leadership
Servant leadership was developed in the United States and proved the desired leadership style in the West. Despite the enormous cultural difference...
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Language: A Formidable Tool in Preservation of Ancient Tibetan Medicinal System
Tibetan medicinal system, known as ‘Sowa-Rigpa’ or ‘the science of healing’ is one of the world’s oldest known medicinal systems. Tibet has remained...
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Untold Story of Sri Lanka: Paradox in Education, ICT and Development in Post—Colony
This chapter investigates Sri Lankan education, human development and economic development, against the backdrop of colonization and globalization...
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Confucianism and Sustainability
Confucianism has much to teach about sustainabilitysustainability, mainly by means of its concept of harmony (he), which is probably the most...
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Unpacking collective materialism: how values shape consumption in seven Asian markets
We study how collectivism, religion-tradition, thriftiness, and status/materialist consumption values jointly shape consumption preferences in seven...
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Together We Can Grow: Resourcing the Commons Through Pathways to Wellbeing
This paper discusses transformative research in a community of practice, it is written in the form of a metalogue on our progress to date This...
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Revans, Reginald: The Pioneer of Action Learning
This chapter describes the philosophy and approach of Reginald Revans (1907–2003), a UK scientist and educational innovator. It traces the influences...
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Faith Traditions and Sustainability: Key Discourses and Emerging Field
Historically, academic debates on the sustainable developmentsustainable development discourse have tended to sideline the influence of...
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Revans, Reginald: The Pioneer of Action Learning
This chapter describes the philosophy and approach of Reginald Revans (1907–2003), a UK scientist and educational innovator. It traces the influences...
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Toward Patient Care: Integrative and Complementary Approaches
Over the past few years new medical approaches, Humanistic Medicine, Systems Medicine and Biopsychological model, have been promoting an integrative,...
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Introduction: Spiritual Traditions and Practices in Unprecedented Times
More than a year after the pandemic, we have witnessed how unprecedented events can challenge our everyday lives, businesses, and society. It has...