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Research Question One asked how spirituality contributed to faculty decision to pursue SL designation. Overall, while instructors identify as spiritual in motivation, they may not differ greatly on the choice to designate their course. Some cited spiritual motivation while others shared that the rigorous academic framework lends itself to effective teaching and course design. Research Question Two asked how spirituality contributed to course design and results reflect that creating SL curriculum aligns with general course design. Those who cited spiritual motivations included the following spiritual aspects infused in course design: practicality, reciprocity, empathy/compassion, helping people, and social justice. Research Question Three asked how spiritual faculty navigate their spirituality in their role in academia. Spiritual faculty reported navigation of academia as categorized into three types of values alignment: alignment, misalignment, and hacking alignment. 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Research Question One asked how spirituality contributed to faculty decision to pursue SL designation. Overall, while instructors identify as spiritual in motivation, they may not differ greatly on the choice to designate their course. Some cited spiritual motivation while others shared that the rigorous academic framework lends itself to effective teaching and course design. Research Question Two asked how spirituality contributed to course design and results reflect that creating SL curriculum aligns with general course design. Those who cited spiritual motivations included the following spiritual aspects infused in course design: practicality, reciprocity, empathy/compassion, helping people, and social justice. Research Question Three asked how spiritual faculty navigate their spirituality in their role in academia. Spiritual faculty reported navigation of academia as categorized into three types of values alignment: alignment, misalignment, and hacking alignment. Instructors shared methods of negative and positive coping regarding misalignment. Hacking alignment was for those who felt misaligned in the academy, but found ways to align their spirituality with their work. 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