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Key	BIB39063
Reference type	Book Section
Title	Towards an Expanded Conception of Power : Exploring the Concept of Moral Empowerment Emerging in the Field of Baha'i-Inspired Education
Book title	Asian Spirituality and Social Transformation
Author	Ali, Victor and Palmer, David A.
Editor	Kwan, Simon Shui-Man and Chow, Wai-Yin
Year	2023
Publisher	Springer Nature
Place published	Singapore
Abstract	Conceptions of power play a critical role in shaping relationships between individuals, groups, and institutions of society. In many spheres, power has been as-sumed to be associated inherently with domination, resulting in relationships being fraught with conflict. In subtle and overt ways, the premise that domination and con-flict are inherent to the operation of power has influenced certain approaches to edu-cation, particularly educational processes concerned with empowerment in different domains. The relationship between spirituality and social transformation provides an opportunity to explore efforts to articulate an expanded conception of power—one that seeks to move beyond dynamics of conflict and domination and draws on powers reflecting the nobility of the human spirit—and how such a conception might find expression in the field of education. This chapter explores how an effort to articulate and draw on an expanded conception of power has influenced an educational ap-proach. We examine the discourse on power and the related concept of “moral empowerment” emerging in the field of Baháʼí-inspired education, drawing on a concep-tual framework outlined by the educator Sona Farid-Arbab. We also discuss the preliminary findings of a case study exploring the approach to moral empowerment at the middle school level of a Baháʼí-inspired school in Macau.
Notes	From a paper delivered at: International Conference on Spiritual Leadership & Social Transformation, Virtual Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 22 May 2021
Language	English
Keywords	EDUCATION; POWER; EMPOWERMENT; SCHOOL OF THE NATIONS (MACAO); SCHOOLS; MACAO
URL	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-2641-1_8
Pages	125–144
Section	10.
File attachments	internal-pdf://3302501350/Ali-Palmer - Towards_Expanded_Conception_Power.pdf

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