Re-Learning Listening as a Contemplative Practice of the Religious Education Teacher. The Wisdom of Benedict, Hadewijch and Eckhart

Juliëtte van Deursen-Vreeburg; H.H.M. Roebben; Madeleine Stüttem; Sander Vloebergs

Re-Learning Listening as a Contemplative Practice of the Religious Education Teacher. The Wisdom of Benedict, Hadewijch and Eckhart

Juliëtte van Deursen-Vreeburg
, H.H.M. Roebben
, Madeleine Stüttem
, Sander Vloebergs

Religion and Practice

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Abstract

Christian mystical and spiritual traditions can deepen the contemporary understanding of the meaning of silence and listening in education. In this article, we explore mystical traditions on listening and their relevance for RE teachers and teacher education. Three spiritual masters – Benedict of Nursia, Hadewijch, and Meister Eckhart – enlighten us about the significance of contemplative silence and listening for personal formation and spiritual maturity in teacher education. They teach us how to become grounded listeners who are open to God, the world, students and themselves. These spiritual masters provide clues, such as non-dualism, becoming more human by open listening and shaping the senses through love. These clues potentially renew and deepen the education of contemporary RE teachers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Designs of Meaning
Subtitle of host publication	Religious Educational Research under Construction
Editors	Bert Roebben, Marina Kiroudi, Barbara Niedermann
Publisher	Herder Verlag
Pages	109-122
Number of pages	13
Volume	Band 6
ISBN (Electronic)	ISBN E-Book (OA) 978-3-451-84493-5
ISBN (Print)	ISBN Print 978-3-451-02493-1
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2025

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Name	Ambiguitäten- Identitäten- Sinnentwürfe
Publisher	Herder

Keywords

Contemplative listening
RE teacher education
Benedict of Nursia
Hadewijch
meister Eckhart
vacare

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van Deursen-Vreeburg, J., Roebben, H. H. M., Stüttem, M., & Vloebergs, S. (2025). Re-Learning Listening as a Contemplative Practice of the Religious Education Teacher. The Wisdom of Benedict, Hadewijch and Eckhart. In B. Roebben, M. Kiroudi, & B. Niedermann (Eds.), Designs of Meaning: Religious Educational Research under Construction (Vol. Band 6, pp. 109-122). (Ambiguitäten- Identitäten- Sinnentwürfe). Herder Verlag. https://www.herder.de/theologie-pastoral/shop/p2/93990-designs-of-meaning-open-access-pdf/

van Deursen-Vreeburg, Juliëtte ; Roebben, H.H.M. ; Stüttem, Madeleine et al. / Re-Learning Listening as a Contemplative Practice of the Religious Education Teacher. The Wisdom of Benedict, Hadewijch and Eckhart. Designs of Meaning: Religious Educational Research under Construction. editor / Bert Roebben ; Marina Kiroudi ; Barbara Niedermann. Vol. Band 6 Herder Verlag, 2025. pp. 109-122 (Ambiguitäten- Identitäten- Sinnentwürfe).

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Re-Learning Listening as a Contemplative Practice of the Religious Education Teacher. The Wisdom of Benedict, Hadewijch and Eckhart. / van Deursen-Vreeburg, Juliëtte; Roebben, H.H.M.; Stüttem, Madeleine et al.
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