International Explorations of Contemplative Leadership in Catholic Education

This book highlights the model of contemplative Catholic school leadership as an influence on faith-formation cultures within the Catholic school, and it demonstrates the impact of cultural factors on Catholic identity formation. By integrating reflection and Catholic values with a leaders decision-making process, the model described in this volume seeks coherence between the leaders faith beliefs and their behaviors. Including five unique, international case studies, this research emphasizes the character of the school leaderincluding faith identityas the principal architect of the schools culture.