Handbook Of Spiritual Development In Childhood And Adolescence Book

	Foreword
1	Spiritual development in childhood and adolescence : moving to the scientific mainstream	1
2	Toward a developmental analysis of religious and spiritual development	21
3	Stages of faith from infancy through adolescence : reflections on three decades of faith development theory	34
4	Spiritual development : intersections and divergence with religious development	46
5	On making humans human : spirituality and the promotion of positive youth development	60
6	Philosophical issues in spiritual education and development	73
7	Measurement and research design in studying spiritual development	92
8	The demographics of spirituality among youth : international perspectives	109
9	The changing global context of adolescent spirituality	124
10	Spiritual and religious pathology in childhood and adolescence	137
11	Non-western approaches to spiritual development among infants and young children : a case study from West Africa	150
12	Spiritual experiences and capacities of children and youth	163
13	A neuropsychological perspective on spiritual development	183
14	Attachment and spiritual development in childhood and adolescence	197
15	Cognitive-cultural foundations of spiritual development	211
16	The relationship between moral and spiritual development	224
17	The relationship between spiritual development and civic development	239
18	The relation between spiritual development and identity processes	252
19	Personality and spiritual development	266
20	Ethnicity, culture, and spiritual development	283
21	The family as a context for religious and spiritual development in children and youth	297
22	Mentors, friends, and gurus : peer and nonparent influences on spiritual development	310
23	Congregations : unexamined crucibles for spiritual development	324
24	Religious coping by children and adolescents : unexplored territory in the realm of spiritual development	341
25	Resilience and spirituality in youth	355
26	Delinquency : a quest for moral and spiritual integrity?	371
27	Spiritual development and adolescent well-being and thriving	384
28	Religion, spirituality, and children's physical health	399
29	Spiritually oriented psychotherapy with youth : a child-centered approach	421
30	Bridging the gap : from social science to congregations, researchers to practitioners	435
31	Integrating spiritual development into child and youth care programs and institutions	445
32	Bridging to public policy and civil society	458
33	Childhood spirituality : strengthening the research foundation	473
34	The science of child and adolescent spiritual development : definitional, theoretical, and field-building challenges	484