Mission Spirituality Studies is a double-blind peer reviewed academic journal published twice a year in English for international readership. The journal welcomes original contributions from various academic fields reflecting the phenomenon of spirituality in its multiple forms and from multiple perspectives. Spirituality Studies covers a wide range of theoretical and practical (lived spirituality) issues related to spirituality, such as processes of spiritual transformation as reported and described in various traditions of mysticism (in Christianity, Judaism, Islam etc.) or yoga (in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, new religious movements etc.). The journal publishes research studies, both theoretical and empirical, academic articles, essays, interviews, reviews and poetry. Spirituality Studies also provides a forum for sharing personal spiritual experiences of spiritual practitioners elaborated in a form of an autobiographical essay or poetry. By combining academic and personal approaches to spirituality, the journal aims at providing an exceptional interdisciplinary platform for constructive dialogue between a variety of viewpoints, approaches, and methodologies in the study of spirituality. The third area of the Spirituality Studies’ focus is spiritual education. When publishing studies on spiritual education as well as teaching and methodical materials, which reflect practical experience of educators, Spirituality Studies facilitates education related to spirituality and fosters the awareness of the importance of spirituality for personal, interpersonal and social well-being. The journal is published by The Society for Spirituality Studies in partnership with the Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique/Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIM·MID), European Union of Yoga, and the International Network for the Study of Spirituality. It is housed on the spirituality-studies. org website. lated to reflective practice thus locating the book in the wider body of literature about professional learning. There is a useful discussion about approaches to defining spirituality and the complexity of that task. This is one of the most valuable contributions of the book as spirituality continues to be a contested term in literature around different modes of professional practice. I found the discussion of vocation in this chapter a significant synthesis of some of the underpinning themes emerging from the previous parts which again emphasises the richness that spirituality brings to our understanding of life. The most off-putting thing about the book is the cost. It is frustratingly expensive, even in eBook format for a practitioner but is an excellent resource for libraries and should be a key text on the reading lists, particularly of postgraduate courses where critically reflective practice is a core skill to be developed further. The main improvement for me would have been to have discussion questions at the end of each chapter to encourage me to contextualise what I had been reading. The range of sources used is broad and reflects the key thinkers in the period covered by the book, there may be some emerging voices to consider as the field moves forward. This book will have resonances beyond education, and I highly recommend it as a well written, sophisticated text which should be come an essential book in this field. Dr. Sally Nash sally.nash@stpadarns.ac.uk
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