“Anyone interested in the role and the teaching of religion(s) in our schools will find Gateways to Spirituality: Pre-School through Grade Twelve an exceedingly rich and indispensable companion.

Edited by veteran headmaster, Peter Cobb, and written by seasoned and creative teachers, this volume illumines the range of issues and approaches that arise in giving responsible attention to religion, and the religions, in K-12 educational contexts.

These informed, practical essays are packed with insights and experiences useful for current and future approaches to the teaching of religion. An extensive bibliography of resources and curricula make this collection invaluable. There is nothing else like it!”

James W. Fowler, Ph.D., C.H. Candler
Professor of Theology and Human
Development, Emory University

“Gateways to Spirituality is a provocative, lively and insightful collection of essays about the role of spirituality and religion in K-12 schools. Anyone who cares about what kinds of human beings we are graduating from our schools (and that should be everyone) is encouraged to read this book. Any system of education, public or private, that ignores questions of meaning and transcendence is not only impoverished it is dangerous."
Charles C. Haynes, Senior Scholar

Gateways to Spirituality
Pre-School through Grade Twelve
By Peter W. Cobb
>> 320 pages | $34.95 | 0-8204-68150 | July 2005
Studies in Education and Spirituality, volume 7

Gateways to Spirituality: Pre-School through Grade Twelve focuses on spiritual formation in American pre-collegiate education. Its fifteen contributors advance distinctive views about the connections that exist between spirituality, learning, social and ethical consciousness, and community life. The book will be useful to educators who wish to acknowledge youth spirituality in ways that are informed, fair, constitutional, and inclusive. School administrators, teachers, counselors, and chaplains who are interested in issues of liberal education and spirituality, who wish to take religious diversity and spiritual identity seriously, and who offer courses in religious studies will find Gateways to Spirituality an invaluable resource.

Peter W. Cobb received a B. A. in political science from Knox College; an M.A. in international relations from The American University; and an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, New York. He taught religion and served as a school administrator for twenty-four years prior to becoming the Executive Director of the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education from 1997–2003. Mr. Cobb is President of Cobb & Associates, an Atlanta-based consulting firm dedicated to “helping schools and families keep the heart in mind.” His articles have appeared in CSEE Connections and Independent School magazine.