Nurturing Children’s Spirituality:

Christian Perspectives and Best Practices

Holly Catterton Allen, Editor

   

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

                            The Children’s Spirituality Conference: Christian Perspectives2003, 2006, 2009

                                             - Kevin Lawson  

Part One:

      Definitional, Historical, and Theological Issues Regarding Children’s Spiritual
       Development

Introductory and Definitional Concepts

Chapter 1              Exploring Children’s Spirituality from a Christian Perspective

                                            – Holly Catterton Allen

Chapter 2             “The Spirit of Children Past”: A Century of Children’s Spirituality Research

                                                 – Don Ratcliff

Chapter 3            Children’s Spiritual Development: Advancing the Field in Definition, Measurement, and Theory

                                            Chris Boyatzis

Historical and Theological Understandings of Children’s Spirituality

Chapter 4            The Christian Nurture of Children in the Second and Third Centuries

                                          – James Riley Estep, Jr.

Chapter 5            “Forbid Not the Little Ones”: The Spirituality of Children in Celtic Christian Tradition

                                              – Mara Lief Crabtree

Chapter 6            Theological Perspectives on Children in the Church:  Reformed and Presbyterian

                                        – Timothy Sisemore

Chapter 7          Theological Perspectives on Children in the Church: Anabaptist/Believers Churches

                                        – Holly Catterton Allen

 

Part Two:

      Best Practices for Nurturing Children’s Spiritual Development

Special Ways: Prayer, Storytelling, and Reading

Chapter 8            Unfettered Wonder: Rediscovering Prayer through the Inspired Voices of Children

                                                – T. Wyatt Watkins

Chapter 9            Making Stories Come Alive

                                  Jeffrey Feinberg

Chapter 10          Turning Down the Noise: Reading and the Development of Spirituality in Children

                                               – Linda Callahan

For Churches and Schools

Chapter 11          Children's Ministry Models, Learning Theory, and Spiritual Development

                                                Michael Anthony

Chapter 12           Equipping Kids for Ministry

                                          Jane Carr

Chapter 13          Documenting Children’s Spiritual Development in a Preschool Program

                                           – Judy Harris Helm, Stacy Berg, and Pam Scranton

For Families

Chapter 14        Parenting Styles and Children’s Spiritual Development

                                          – SungWon Kim

Chapter 15          A Qualitative Understanding and Application of the Deuteronomy 6 Commands for Parents

                                          – Marcia McQuitty

Chapter 16           God Across the Generations: The Spiritual Influence of Grandparents

                                         – Holly Catterton Allen and Heidi Schultz Oschwald

For Unique Populations         

Chapter 17          The Place of Forgiveness in the Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone

                                              Stephanie Goins  

Chapter 18          Voices Unheard: Exploring the Spiritual Needs of Families of Children with Disabilities

                                       – MaLesa Breeding and Dana Kennamer Hood    

Chapter 19          The African American Church and Its Role in Nurturing the Spiritual Development of Children

                                     LaVerne Tolbert and Marilyn Brownlee  

Part Three:

      Facing the Challenges for the Future 

Chapter 20           Reimagining the Spirit of Children:  A Christian Pedagogical Vision

                                                 Karen Crozier

        Chapter 21          The Church's Contemporary Challenge: To Help Adults Grow Up Spiritually With Their
                                        Children

                                                – John Westerhoff, III

Chapter 22          THE Story and the Spiritual Formation of Children in the Church and in the Home                                                   

                                                       – Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May

Chapter 23          “The Spirit of Children Future”

                                              – Don Ratcliff

 

 

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