Rudolf Steiner's philosophy of freedom as a basis for spiritual education?

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-17

  Oberski, Iddo ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freedom; Monism; Phenomenology; Spirituality; Steiner; Steiner Waldorf Education; Thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957848264     PISSN: 1364436X     EISSN: 14698455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2010.540751     Document Type: Article

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