Spiritual Education Cultural, Religious and Social Differences

by Erricker, Jane; Erricker, Clive; Ota, Cathy

• ISBN13: 9781902210605
• ISBN10: 1902210603
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

This volume is intended to break new ground and provide a key text for debates on spiritual education in the twenty-first century. Issues of cultural, religious, gender and social differences are addressed in research and pedagogical terms. Also explored

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(9)
Jane Erricker
Cathy Ota
Clive Erricker
Part I Religious and Theological Approaches
The Nonverbal Nature of Spirituality and Religious Language	9	(13)
Jerome Berryman
When Your Children Ask - A Jewish Theology of Childhood	22	(12)
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Toward a Pedagogy of the Sacred: Transcendence, Ethics, and the Curriculum	34	(14)
Hanan Alexander
Miriam Ben-Peretz
Who Nurtured the Child? Without attachment there can be no intimacy	48	(15)
Cynthia Dixon
Children, Doorposts and Hearts: How can and should the religious traditions respond to spirituality in a postmodern setting?	63	(13)
Mark Chater
Listening to...listening for...: A Theological Reflection on Spirituality in Early Childhood	76	(12)
Elaine Champagne
Youth Spirituality as a Response to Cultural Crisis	88	(16)
David Tacey
Part II Psychological and Anthropological Approaches
Spirituality versus Individualism: The Challenge of Relational Consciousness	104	(14)
David Hay
Storytelling, Voice and Qualitative Research: Spirituality as a Site of Ambiguity and Difficulty	118	(12)
Daniel Scott
Religious Nurture and Young People's Spirituality: Reflections on Research at the University of Warwick	130	(13)
Eleanor Nesbitt
The Corruption of Innocence and the Spirituality of Dissent: Postcolonial Perspectives on Spirituality in a World of Violence	143	(13)
Liam Gearon
``Theory of mind'' or ``Theory of the soul?'' The Role of Spirituality in Children's Understanding of Minds and Emotions	156	(14)
Sandra Bosacki
The Prospects of Spirituality in a Globalized, Technologized World	170	(14)
Wong Ping Ho
The Experience of Religious Varieties: William James and the Postmodern Age	184	(14)
Jack Priestley
Part III Pedagogical Approaches
Spirituality and the Notion of Citizenship in Education	198	(9)
Jane Erricker
Postmodernism, Spirituality and Education in Late Modernity	207	(13)
Paul Yates
Searching for the Spirit	220	(14)
Tony Eaude
Autism and Childhood Spirituality	234	(14)
Laura Morris
Youth and Adulthood in Children's and Adults' Perspectives	248	(12)
Wim Westerman
The Conflict between Pedagogical Effectiveness and Spiritual Development in Catholic Schools	260	(16)
Cathy Ota
Spiritual Education of Khoja Shi'a Ithnasheeri (KSI) Youth: The Challenges of Diaspora	276	(13)
Clive Erricker
Conclusion	289	(3)
List of Contributors	292	(5)
Index	297