List Books » Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions
Authors: Aostre N. Johnson, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Editor), Aostre N. Johnson
ISBN-13: 9780742544628, ISBN-10: 0742544621
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers representing the world's major religious traditions, the book introduces new voices, challenges assumptions, raises new questions, and broadens the base of knowledge and investment in this important domain of life. Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality will set the stage for new waves of scholarship and dialogue within and across traditions, disciplines, and cultures that will enrich understanding and strengthen how the world's religious traditions, and others, understand and cultivate the spiritual lives of children and adolescents around the globe.
1 | Traditional wisdom : creating space for religious reflection on child and adolescent spirituality | 1 |
2 | Awakening latent spirituality : nurturing children in the Hindu tradition | 19 |
3 | The child as compassionate Bodhisattva and as human sufferer/spiritual seeker : intertwined Buddhist images | 33 |
4 | Learning to be righteous : a Jewish theology of childhood | 43 |
5 | The dignity and complexity of children : constructing Christian theologies of childhood | 53 |
6 | Filling the heart with the love of God : Islamic perspectives on spirituality in childhood and adolescence | 69 |
7 | Saintly children : Roman Catholicism and the nurture of children | 83 |
8 | After a child's first dance with God : accompanying children on a Protestant spiritual journey | 95 |
9 | In right relationship with God : childhood conversion in Evangelical Christian traditions | 108 |
10 | From naming to initiation : childhood and adolescence in African Christian spirituality | 122 |
11 | The child on loan : the pathway from infancy through adolescence in Islamic studies | 132 |
12 | Entering the world, entering Torah : moving from the natural to the sacred in the Jewish life cycle | 143 |
13 | Educating the warrior : a Tibetan Buddhist approach to spiritual growth | 157 |
14 | Young minds, youthful Buddhas : developmental rituals and practices in Tibetan Buddhism | 175 |
15 | Narrative and imagination : the role of texts and storytelling in nurturing spirituality in Judaism | 191 |
16 | Sanctifying time : a Jewish perspective on prayer, holy days, and blessings in the life of children | 199 |
17 | Schooling the heart : introducing Catholic youth to the meaning and practice of prayer | 209 |
18 | Sacred celebrations : the role of festivals in nurturing Hindu children's spirituality | 223 |
19 | Reformed spirits : Christian practices in Presbyterian preschools in South Korea and the United States | 236 |
20 | A way of mind and life : the relationship of adolescent Catholic spirituality to life structure | 253 |
21 | Singing hope and practicing justice : adolescent emancipatory hope embodied in the life of Ruby Doris Smith | 264 |
22 | Repairing the world : the place of Mitzvot in children's spiritual lives | 275 |
23 | Nurturing young people's spirituality as a force for social change : a Baha'i perspective | 285 |
24 | Children and the five pillars of Islam : practicing spirituality in daily life | 296 |
25 | Value-creating education : a Nichiren Buddhist perspective | 309 |
26 | At home with faith and family : a Protestant Christian perspective | 325 |
27 | Sunday school for Buddhists? : nurturing spirituality in children | 338 |
28 | Personal responsibility with communal support : the spiritual education of Muslim children | 352 |
29 | Understanding dharma, performing karma : shared responsibilities for spiritual grooming in Hindu traditions | 366 |
30 | Transforming bar/bat mitzvah : the role of family and community | 380 |
31 | Teaching correct principles : promoting spiritual strength in LDS young people | 394 |
32 | Scarce discourse : exploring gender, sexuality, and spirituality in Buddhism | 411 |
33 | Identity jihads : the multiple strivings of American Muslim Youth | 423 |
34 | Countering a malforming culture : Christian theological formation of adolescents in North America | 437 |
35 | Resistance and resilience : cultivating Christian spiritual practices among Brazilian children and youth | 449 |
36 | Spiritual economic of childhood : Christian perspectives on global market forces and young people's spirituality | 458 |
37 | Born with a knife in their hearts : children and political conflict in the Middle East | 472 |