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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)

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Author Biography: Aostre N. Johnson

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

1Traditional wisdom : creating space for religious reflection on child and adolescent spirituality1
2Awakening latent spirituality : nurturing children in the Hindu tradition19
3The child as compassionate Bodhisattva and as human sufferer/spiritual seeker : intertwined Buddhist images33
4Learning to be righteous : a Jewish theology of childhood43
5The dignity and complexity of children : constructing Christian theologies of childhood53
6Filling the heart with the love of God : Islamic perspectives on spirituality in childhood and adolescence69
7Saintly children : Roman Catholicism and the nurture of children83
8After a child's first dance with God : accompanying children on a Protestant spiritual journey95
9In right relationship with God : childhood conversion in Evangelical Christian traditions108
10From naming to initiation : childhood and adolescence in African Christian spirituality122
11The child on loan : the pathway from infancy through adolescence in Islamic studies132
12Entering the world, entering Torah : moving from the natural to the sacred in the Jewish life cycle143
13Educating the warrior : a Tibetan Buddhist approach to spiritual growth157
14Young minds, youthful Buddhas : developmental rituals and practices in Tibetan Buddhism175
15Narrative and imagination : the role of texts and storytelling in nurturing spirituality in Judaism191
16Sanctifying time : a Jewish perspective on prayer, holy days, and blessings in the life of children199
17Schooling the heart : introducing Catholic youth to the meaning and practice of prayer209
18Sacred celebrations : the role of festivals in nurturing Hindu children's spirituality223
19Reformed spirits : Christian practices in Presbyterian preschools in South Korea and the United States236
20A way of mind and life : the relationship of adolescent Catholic spirituality to life structure253
21Singing hope and practicing justice : adolescent emancipatory hope embodied in the life of Ruby Doris Smith264
22Repairing the world : the place of Mitzvot in children's spiritual lives275
23Nurturing young people's spirituality as a force for social change : a Baha'i perspective285
24Children and the five pillars of Islam : practicing spirituality in daily life296
25Value-creating education : a Nichiren Buddhist perspective309
26At home with faith and family : a Protestant Christian perspective325
27Sunday school for Buddhists? : nurturing spirituality in children338
28Personal responsibility with communal support : the spiritual education of Muslim children352
29Understanding dharma, performing karma : shared responsibilities for spiritual grooming in Hindu traditions366
30Transforming bar/bat mitzvah : the role of family and community380
31Teaching correct principles : promoting spiritual strength in LDS young people394
32Scarce discourse : exploring gender, sexuality, and spirituality in Buddhism411
33Identity jihads : the multiple strivings of American Muslim Youth423
34Countering a malforming culture : Christian theological formation of adolescents in North America437
35Resistance and resilience : cultivating Christian spiritual practices among Brazilian children and youth449
36Spiritual economic of childhood : Christian perspectives on global market forces and young people's spirituality458
37Born with a knife in their hearts : children and political conflict in the Middle East472

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