This book introduces the basic contours of debate in a form accessible to both classroom teachers across the curriculum range, and to school managers. It covers areas such as problems of defining spirituality, government legislation and supporting documentation, relevant empirical research, the social dimension of spirituality, and secular and religious manifestations of spirituality in contemporary society. It also includes theories of childhood spiritual development and contemporary approaches to spiritual education, including collective worship and cross-curricular teaching. Readers are encouraged to be reflective through a number of tasks which relate all issues raised directly back to their own specific circumstances. The author includes questions, quotes and lists of further reading.