History of the formation and development of the theory of spiritual education

The monograph analyses the history of spiritual education and identifies the leading trends determining the strategy of spiritual education. A comparative analysis of traditional Russian and Western approaches to this issue is made. To conduct a study on the history of the evolution of spiritual education in Western Europe and Russia the following paradigms were identified: pre-Christian paradigm (in the Greek tradition spiritual education was conducted by creating an ideal and in the Old Testament culture was normative) Christian paradigm (spiritual education ideal-normative) the modern paradigm (spiritual education normative) post-modern paradigm (characterized by a lack of both standards and ideals). The book is addressed to specialists in the philosophy of education researchers in the field of educational policy spiritual and moral education.