Identifying Children's Spirituality: How Do You Start Without a Starting Point?

Much of the traditional vocabulary of spirituality is not available to children belonging to a secularised culture. Yet teachers are required by law to attend to spiritual education. Two consequent problems need to be addressed. What conceptual boundaries can be set to the term 'spirituality�...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of religious education 1996-06, Vol.18 (3), p.144-154
Hauptverfasser: Nye, Rebecca, Hay, David
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Much of the traditional vocabulary of spirituality is not available to children belonging to a secularised culture. Yet teachers are required by law to attend to spiritual education. Two consequent problems need to be addressed. What conceptual boundaries can be set to the term 'spirituality'? How can we Identify categories of children's experience which belong to this realm?
ISSN:0141-6200
1740-7931
DOI:10.1080/0141620960180303