Nurturing child and adolescent spirituality
Subtitle: perspectives from the world's religious traditions
By: edited by Karen-Marie Yust ... [et al.].
Contributors: Yust, Karen-Marie.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
Subjects: Children -- Religious life.; Religious education of children.; Teenagers -- Religious life.; Religious education of teenagers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Children and adolescents in major religious traditions; title: Awakening latent spirituality : nurturing children in the Hindu tradition / Vishal agarwal; title: The child as compassionate Bodhisattva and as human sufferer/spiritual seeker : intertwined Buddhist images / Yoshiharu Nakagawa; title: Learning to be righteous : a Jewish theology of childhood / Michael Shire; title: The dignity and complexity of children : constructing Christian theologies of childhood / Marcia J. Bunge; title: Filling the heart with the love of God : Islamic perspectives on spirituality in childhood and adolescence / Yetkin Yildirim; title: Spiritual change and rites of passage; title: Saintly children : Roman Catholicism and the nurture of children / Adrian Gellel; title: After a child's first dance with God : accompanying children on a Protestant spiritual journey / Catherine Stonehouse; title: In right relationship with God childhood conversion in evangelical Christian traditions / Kevin E. Lawson; title: From naming to initiation childhood and adolescence in African Christian spirituality / Nicholas Otieno; title: The child on loan : the pathway from infancy through adolescence in Islamic studies / Ruqayya Yasmine Khan; title: Entering the world, entering Torah : moving from the natural to the sacred in the Jewish life cycle / Roberta Louis Goodman; title: Educating the warrior : a Tibetan Buddhist approach to spiritual growth / Richard C. Brown; title: Rituals and practices to nurture the inner life; title: Young minds, youthful Buddhas : developmental rituals and practices in Tibetan Buddhism / The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche; title: Narrative and imagination : the role of texts and storytelling in nurturing spirituality in Judaism / Howard Schwartz; title: Sanctifying time : a Jewish perspective on prayer, holy days, and blessings in the life of children / Shoshana Silberman; title: Schooling the heart : introducing Catholic youth to the meaning and practice of prayer / Robin Maas; title: Sacred celebrations : the role of festivals in nurturing Hindu children's spirituality / Melukote K. Sridhar; title: Reformed spirits : Christian practices in Presbyterian preschools in South Korea and the United States / Kathy Dawson and Shin-Kyung Park; title: Connecting the inner life with ethical action; title: A way of mind and life : the relationship of adolescent Catholic spirituality to life structure / Michael Warren; title: Singing hope and practicing justice : adolescent emancipatory hope embodied in the life of Ruby Doris Smith / Evelyn L. Parker; title: Repairing the world : the place of Mitzvoth in children's spiritual lives / Sherry H. Blumberg; title: Young people's spirituality as a force for social change : a Bahá'í perspective / Lori M. Noguchi; title: Children and the five pillars of Islam : practicing spirituality in daily life  / Afeefa Syeed and Nusaybah Ritchie; title: Value-creating education : a Nichiren Buddhist perspective / Monte Joffee; title: Who is responsible for nurturing spirituality?; title: At home with faith and family : a Protestant Christian perspective / Elizabeth F. Caldwell; title: Sunday school for Buddhists? : nurturing spirituality in children / Sumi Loundon, Ilmee Hwansoo Kim, and Benny Liow; title: Personal responsibility with communal support : the spiritual education of Muslim children / Pamela K. Taylor; title: Understanding Dharma, performing Karma : shared responsibilities for spiritual grooming in Hindu traditions / Venkatakrishna B.V. Sastry; title: Transforming Bar/Bat Mitzvah : the role of family and community / Jeffrey K. Salkin; title: Teaching correct principles : promoting spiritual strength in LDS young people / David C. Dollahite and Loren D. Marks; title: Social and cultural forces that shape spirituality; title: Scarce discourse : exploring gender, sexuality, and spirituality in Buddhism / Rita M. Gross; title: Identity Jihads : the multiple strivings of American Muslim youth / Marcia Hermansen and Shabana Mir; title: Countering a malforming culture : Christian theological formation of adolescents in North America / Ellen T. Charry; title: Resistance and resilience : cultivating Christian spiritual practices among Brazilian children and youth / Débora Barbosa Agra Junker; title: Spiritual economies of childhood : Christian perspectives on global market forces and young people's spirituality / Joyce Ann Mercer; title: Born with a knife in their hearts : children and political conflict in the Middle East / Arik Ascherman.