The Spiritual Potential of Childhood: Awakening to the Fullness of Life

Autor/in	King, Ursula
Titel	The Spiritual Potential of Childhood: Awakening to the Fullness of Life
Quelle	In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 18 (2013) 1, S.4-17 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-436X
DOI	10.1080/1364436X.2013.776266
Schlagwörter	Children; Religious Factors; Spiritual Development; Child Development; Adolescents; Global Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Globales Denken
Abstract	To study children's spirituality at the beginning of the twenty-first century provides a prime opportunity for exploring the personal, social and global interconnections in the understanding and practice of spirituality. Countless definitions of spirituality have been suggested, yet it has also been said that spirituality escapes definition altogether. I suggest an open-ended description which can be applied to childhood where the fabric of human life first emerges, is nurtured into further growth and shaped towards its adult expression. Based on this experience and research, I will first reflect on the spiritual potential of childhood, its awakening and development, before discussing what I mean by the fullness of life in a time of almost cataclysmic change. These ideas are explored within a wider context than spirituality in either early childhood or young adolescence, yet they relate closely to the development of the spiritual potential of children and young people. (Contains 20 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10