This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young peoples spirituality and its research in diverse socio-cultural contexts. It brings together a collection of select research articles that were published over a period of 2003-2021 in the International Journal of Childrens Spirituality.
This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young peoples spirituality and its research in diverse socio-cultural contexts. It brings together a collection of select research articles that were published over a period of nearly two decades (2003-2021) in the International Journal of Childrens Spirituality (IJCS), to celebrate the journals 25th anniversary.
Featuring contributions by leading international scholars from U.K., U.S., Canada, Finland, Australia, Hong Kong, and China, this edited volume focuses on different and complementary perspectives on childrens spirituality in diverse and changing contexts. Chapters cover topics such as: the study of childrens spirituality as a natural form of human awareness; a proposed pluricultural approach; the potential contributions of psychoanalytic tradition and cognitive psychology; possible influences of tradition(s), multidisciplinarity and perceptions on understanding childrens spiritual experiences; Christian perspectives on childrens spirituality in relation to living and dying in Quebec, Canada; Finnish pre-adolescents perceptions of religion and spirituality; using technology, specifically tablets, as a component for understanding childrens spirituality; and cyber spirituality.
This volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students majoring in education studies, life, and moral and spiritual education and those majoring in psychology and religious studies.
Preface IntroductionChildrens spirituality: personal reflections on
International Journal of Childrens Spirituality (IJCS)
1. Investigating
childrens spirituality: The need for a fruitful hypothesis
2. Reviewing the
research in childrens spirituality (20052015): proposing a pluricultural
approach
3. Navigating the spaces of childrens spiritual experiences:
influences of tradition(s), multidisciplinarity and perceptions
4. Living and
dying: a window on (Christian) childrens spirituality
5. How do Finnish
preadolescents perceive religion and spirituality?
6. The personae of the
spiritual child: taking pictures of the heart using technology and tablets
7. Cyber spirituality: Facebook, Twitter, and the adolescent quest for
connection
8. Cyber spirituality II: virtual reality and spiritual
exploration
9. Shining Lights in Unexpected Corners: New angles on young
children's spiritual development
John Chi-Kin Lee is Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Director of the Centre for Religious and Spirituality Education, and Director of the Academy of Educational Development and Innovation at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), Hong Kong. He has served as the Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor conferred by the Ministry of Education, the Peoples Republic of China. Professor Lee is also UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning at the EdUHK and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Research Fellow. He has served as the editor of the International Journal of Childrens Spirituality, executive editor of Teaching and Teacher Education, and editorial board member or advisory editor of many local, regional and international journals. He is also a prolific writer who has edited and written more than 25 books, and published over 100 journal articles and book chapters.
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