Frances Banks - Mystic and Educator: The Visionary Solipsist
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This paper focuses on Frances Banks’ spiritual life and her education career
which has significance for the embellishment of both the historical
landscapes in spirituality and progressive educational thought in South
Africa. It argues three points: first; Frances Banks is an important figure in
the history of South African spirituality and education; second her struggles
with patriarchal authority have important repercussions for gender studies.
Third, her leaving the Community of the Resurrection has implications for an
understanding of orthodox spirituality
which has significance for the embellishment of both the historical
landscapes in spirituality and progressive educational thought in South
Africa. It argues three points: first; Frances Banks is an important figure in
the history of South African spirituality and education; second her struggles
with patriarchal authority have important repercussions for gender studies.
Third, her leaving the Community of the Resurrection has implications for an
understanding of orthodox spirituality
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Mason, G. (2013). Frances Banks - Mystic and Educator: The Visionary Solipsist. Alternation Journal, (11), 163-189. Retrieved from https://journals.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/soa/article/view/407
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Banks, F 1947. Give the Living Bible: Notes on the Cape Provincial Syllabus
for High Schools. Cape Town: Maskew Miller.
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de Chardin, Teilhard P 1955. The Phenomenon of Man. London: Collins, St
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Problem and Prospects in a Pluralistic Society. Pretoria: University of
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Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Transforming Education.
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York & Oxford: St. Martin’s Press and OUP.
Senge, P, N Cambron-McCabe, B Smith, J Dutton & K Kleiner 2000.
Schools that Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents
and Everyone who Cares about Education Resources. New York: Crown
Business.
Teresa of Avila 2007. Interior Castle: The Classic with a Spiritual
Commentary by Dennis Billy. Notre Dame: C.Ss.R. Ave Maria Press,
Inc.
Thomas, G & A Loxley 2007. Deconstructing Special Eduation and
Constructing Inclusion. 2nd Edition. Berkshire: McGrawHill and Open
University Press.
Thompson, F 1965. The Hound of Heaven and Other Poems. New Jersey:
Fleming H. Revell Company.
Van Rooyen, M & F Prinsloo 2002. Outcomes-based Assessment,
Facilitated: A Comprehensive Handbook for South Africans. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
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Company. Reprint as an ebook by Not so Noble Books. Available at:
www.radicaleyes.it/notsonoblebooks.
Hormic and Neogenic Standpoints, with Practical Exercises for Students.
London: Mathuen & Co. LTD.
Banks, F 1943. Educating towards a Christian Society. London: Church
Education Publication.
Banks, F 1946. People we Like: Nine Broadcast Talks on the Good Life, for
Girls and Boys for School and Home Reading. Cape Town: The Standard
Press.
Banks, F 1947. Give the Living Bible: Notes on the Cape Provincial Syllabus
for High Schools. Cape Town: Maskew Miller.
Banks, F 1958.Teach Them to Live: A Study of Education in English Prisons.
London: Max Parrish.
Banks, F 1962. Frontiers of Revelation. London: Parrish Publishers.
Chidester, D, J Stonier, J Tobler (eds) 1999. Diversity as Ethos: Challenges
for Interreligious Education. Cape Town: Institute for Comparative
Religion in Southern Africa.
de Chardin, Teilhard P 1955. The Phenomenon of Man. London: Collins, St
James’s Place.
Du Toit, CW & JS Krüger 1998. Multireligious Education in South Africa:
Problem and Prospects in a Pluralistic Society. Pretoria: University of
South Africa Press.
Greaves, H 1969. Testimony of Light: An Extraordinary Message of Life
after Death. London: Rider.
James, W 2003. Essays in Radical Empiricism. New York: Dover
Publications, Inc.
Johnson, AN & MW Neagley (eds) 2001. Educating from the Heart:
Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Transforming Education.
Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield Education Publishers Inc.
Juta’s Statutes Editors (eds) 2009. Schools: Law and Governance: South
African Schools Act, National Education Policy Act and Regulations &
Related Materials. Cape Town: Juta, Law.
Kallaway, P 2002. The History of Education under Apartheid: 1948-1994.
New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
National Curriculum Statements – Life Orientation. Available at: http://www
education.gov.za/Linkclick.aspx?fileticket=JH5xim7T9cw%3d&tabid=4
208mid=1216. (Accessed on 25 February 2013.)
Nicholson, DHS & AHE Lee 1927. The Oxford Book of English Mystical
Verse. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Roe, S 1990. Writing and Gender: Virginia Woolf’s Writing Practice. New
York & Oxford: St. Martin’s Press and OUP.
Senge, P, N Cambron-McCabe, B Smith, J Dutton & K Kleiner 2000.
Schools that Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents
and Everyone who Cares about Education Resources. New York: Crown
Business.
Teresa of Avila 2007. Interior Castle: The Classic with a Spiritual
Commentary by Dennis Billy. Notre Dame: C.Ss.R. Ave Maria Press,
Inc.
Thomas, G & A Loxley 2007. Deconstructing Special Eduation and
Constructing Inclusion. 2nd Edition. Berkshire: McGrawHill and Open
University Press.
Thompson, F 1965. The Hound of Heaven and Other Poems. New Jersey:
Fleming H. Revell Company.
Van Rooyen, M & F Prinsloo 2002. Outcomes-based Assessment,
Facilitated: A Comprehensive Handbook for South Africans. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Woolf ,V [1929] 2013. A Room of One’s Own. Florida: Harcourt Brace &
Company. Reprint as an ebook by Not so Noble Books. Available at:
www.radicaleyes.it/notsonoblebooks.