Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality

Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions

Karen-Marie Yust, Aostre N. Johnson, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2005
• eBook ISBN: 9781461665908
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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. It specifically and intentionally focuses on theological and philosophical perspectives from within religious traditions, creating space for the religious traditions to find their voices. Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality is firmly grounded in the language and priorities of religious studies, and helps stimulate explorations of whether and how religious communities are tapping their own wisdom and strengths in nurturing today's young people in a complex and changing world. 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

• Editors’ Preface
• Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1 Traditional Wisdom: Creating Space for Religious Reflection on Child and Adolescent Spirituality
• PART I CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN MAJOR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
• PART II SPIRITUAL CHANGE AND RITES OF PASSAGE
• PART III RITUALS AND PRACTICES TO NURTURE THE INNER LIFE
• PART IV CONNECTING THE INNER LIFE WITH ETHICAL ACTION
• PART V WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NURTURING SPIRITUALITY?
• PART VI SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FORCES THAT SHAPE SPIRITUALITY
• POSTSCRIPT Expanding the Conversation
• About the Editors
• Contributors