Faith and Spirituality-based Learning City Development - Briefing Paper 25

We are pleased to present the attached Briefing Paper 25 concerned with the work of PASCAL's Learning Cities Network (LCN) on Faith and Spirituality. This LCN is a group of researchers, practitioners and policy makers united by the PASCAL Observatory and working jointly on topics related to faith and spirituality in learning city developments. The network was established in 2016, following a symposium on “Faith and Spirituality in Learning Cities” at the 13th International Transformative Learning Conference [1] in New York City. 

The Network aims to explore how faith and spirituality can contribute to social inclusion, intercultural dialogue, community cohesion and civic engagement in learning cities relying on faith and spirituality as enablers for the achievement of these goals. Put differently, the LCN addresses the local management in learning cities of topics aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals related to learning (SDG 4), inequality (SDG 10) and peace (SDG 16) through the lens of faith and spirituality as an enabler for the achievement of these goals.