Reverence and Teaching: The Forgotten Virtue. Issue 13 (December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Garrison, Jim; Rud, A. G.
• Is Part Of: Teachers College record. Volume 115:Issue 13(2013)
• Page Start: 154
• Page End: 175
• Publication Date: 2013-12
• Subjects: Education -- Periodicals; Enseignement -- Périodiques; Éducation -- Périodiques; Education; Periodicals; 370.5
• DOI: 10.1177/016146811311501310
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-4681

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to understand the spiritual dimensions of teaching by elucidating the cardinal and forgotten virtue of reverence. Reverence has a power beyond a typical understanding of it as something religious. Reverence involves a sense of wonder and awe for something or someone that meets at least one of the following conditions: (1) something we cannot control; (2) something we cannot create; (3) something we cannot fully understand; (4) something transcendent, even supernatural The chapter shows reverence in a wider context that does not diminish its spiritual connotations, but rather shows its importance and relevance to teaching in today's classrooms.