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PART I. MUSIC AND AUTHENTICITY IN THE CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT : INDIVIDUALISM, COMMUNITY, AND NEGOTIATIONS OF DIVERSITY. Music, Connection, and Authenticity / Karin S. Hendricks and June Boyce-Tillman ; Music and Spirituality in a Polyphonic Public Sphere / Stephen Roberts ; Improvisation as Spiritual Exercise : The Improvisational Virtues of Empathy, Humility, and Trust / Bruce Benson ; Popular Music for Religious Authenticity in Israeli Jewish Religious Education / Amira Ehrlich ; On Values and Life's Journey Through Music: Reflections on the Eriksons Life Stages and Music Education / Estelle Jorgensen -- PART II: AUTHENTIC CONNECTION AND WELLBEING. A Pathway to Wellbeing: Transcending a Compensatory History of Women in Music / Deborah J. Saidel ; Interlude : The Whole Musical Self and the Sacred Space : Toward Body-Mind Unity Through Musical Performance / Jungmin Grace Han ; Interlude : Music : To Each Their Own When Illness Comes but Rhythm is Universal / Maria Giulia Marini ; Creative Spirit : Conversations that Accompany Creativity in the Lives of Young People Who Are at Risk of Homelessness / Keith Thomasson ; Exploring Lived Experiences of Relationality During Participatory Performances of Sacred Musics at a Care Home for the Elderly / Liesl van der Merwe, Janelize Morelli, and Catrien Wentink ; Mud Drums and Magic : Spirituality and Collaborative Improvised Drumming / Gareth Dylan Smith ; Interlude : A Counselor's Search to Understand How Her Post-Traumatic Growth and Recovery Were Facilitated by Music / Anne T. Jones -- PART III. THERAPY, EDUCATION, AND CARING. Tracing Spirituality in the Everyday / Giorgos Tsiris ; Interlude : Healing with Shamanic Drums / Jillian Schofeld ; Music, Meditation, and Mandalas: Re-Enchanting the Care Home / June Boyce-Tillman ; Facilitating Relational Spaces of Musicking : A Music Educator's Practice of Care / Laura Benjamins ; Authentic Connection in Music Education : A Chiastic Essay / Karin S. Hendricks ; The Soul's Journey Through Music and Movement: Teaching Religion Inclusively in a Camphill SEND Setting / Fabian Lochner and Michele Keim ; Gerotranscendence and Music Therapy : Supporting a Transpersonal Dimension to Aging / Faith Halverson-Ramos -- PART IV. ECOLOGY. Recovering our Humanity : What's Love (and Music) Got to Do With It? / Dave Camlin ; Interlude : This Holy Adventure: A Meditation in Loving Memory of Paul Robertson / Jennifer Kershaw ; Re-Imagining Ritual, Creating Communitas / Chris Roberts ; Spiraling to Life: Listening and Sounding for a Life-Sustaining Society / Tawnya D. Smith.