Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions Book

1	Traditional wisdom : creating space for religious reflection on child and adolescent spirituality	1
2	Awakening latent spirituality : nurturing children in the Hindu tradition	19
3	The child as compassionate Bodhisattva and as human sufferer/spiritual seeker : intertwined Buddhist images	33
4	Learning to be righteous : a Jewish theology of childhood	43
5	The dignity and complexity of children : constructing Christian theologies of childhood	53
6	Filling the heart with the love of God : Islamic perspectives on spirituality in childhood and adolescence	69
7	Saintly children : Roman Catholicism and the nurture of children	83
8	After a child's first dance with God : accompanying children on a Protestant spiritual journey	95
9	In right relationship with God : childhood conversion in Evangelical Christian traditions	108
10	From naming to initiation : childhood and adolescence in African Christian spirituality	122
11	The child on loan : the pathway from infancy through adolescence in Islamic studies	132
12	Entering the world, entering Torah : moving from the natural to the sacred in the Jewish life cycle	143
13	Educating the warrior : a Tibetan Buddhist approach to spiritual growth	157
14	Young minds, youthful Buddhas : developmental rituals and practices in Tibetan Buddhism	175
15	Narrative and imagination : the role of texts and storytelling in nurturing spirituality in Judaism	191
16	Sanctifying time : a Jewish perspective on prayer, holy days, and blessings in the life of children	199
17	Schooling the heart : introducing Catholic youth to the meaning and practice of prayer	209
18	Sacred celebrations : the role of festivals in nurturing Hindu children's spirituality	223
19	Reformed spirits : Christian practices in Presbyterian preschools in South Korea and the United States	236
20	A way of mind and life : the relationship of adolescent Catholic spirituality to life structure	253
21	Singing hope and practicing justice : adolescent emancipatory hope embodied in the life of Ruby Doris Smith	264
22	Repairing the world : the place of Mitzvot in children's spiritual lives	275
23	Nurturing young people's spirituality as a force for social change : a Baha'i perspective	285
24	Children and the five pillars of Islam : practicing spirituality in daily life	296
25	Value-creating education : a Nichiren Buddhist perspective	309
26	At home with faith and family : a Protestant Christian perspective	325
27	Sunday school for Buddhists? : nurturing spirituality in children	338
28	Personal responsibility with communal support : the spiritual education of Muslim children	352
29	Understanding dharma, performing karma : shared responsibilities for spiritual grooming in Hindu traditions	366
30	Transforming bar/bat mitzvah : the role of family and community	380
31	Teaching correct principles : promoting spiritual strength in LDS young people	394
32	Scarce discourse : exploring gender, sexuality, and spirituality in Buddhism	411
33	Identity jihads : the multiple strivings of American Muslim Youth	423
34	Countering a malforming culture : Christian theological formation of adolescents in North America	437
35	Resistance and resilience : cultivating Christian spiritual practices among Brazilian children and youth	449
36	Spiritual economic of childhood : Christian perspectives on global market forces and young people's spirituality	458
37	Born with a knife in their hearts : children and political conflict in the Middle East	472