Perspectives on Children’s Spirituality in Diverse and Changing Contexts by Lee, John Chi-Kin;

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This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young people’s 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 Children’s Spirituality. 

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This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young people’s 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 Children’s Spirituality (IJCS), to celebrate the journal’s 25^th 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 children’s spirituality in diverse and changing contexts. Chapters cover topics such as: the study of children’s 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 children’s spiritual experiences; Christian perspectives on children’s 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 children’s 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.

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Preface  Introduction—Children’s spirituality: personal reflections on International Journal of Children’s Spirituality (IJCS)  1. Investigating children’s spirituality: The need for a fruitful hypothesis   2. Reviewing the research in children’s spirituality (2005–2015): proposing a pluricultural approach  3. Navigating the spaces of children’s spiritual experiences: influences of tradition(s), multidisciplinarity and perceptions  4. Living and dying: a window on (Christian) children’s spirituality  5. How do Finnish pre‐adolescents 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