{"title":"Religion, culture, and identity: the generational evolution of identification with Buddhism from the perspective of young Chinese Indonesians","authors":"Jingyi Xie, Jiangli Zhang","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2024.2380253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2024.2380253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"116 34","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141820035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spirituality, football and Olivia: how connectedness inspires hope through difficult situations","authors":"R. Wills","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2024.2355867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2024.2355867","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141125712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One teacher’s journey towards a spiritual pedagogy – an auto ethnographical narrative of epistemological beliefs and practice","authors":"Elizabeth Rouse","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2024.2308887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2024.2308887","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"5 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139820797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One teacher’s journey towards a spiritual pedagogy – an auto ethnographical narrative of epistemological beliefs and practice","authors":"Elizabeth Rouse","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2024.2308887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2024.2308887","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139880639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spirituality as predictors of career adaptability among Chinese youths: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Joe Hok-Ko Pong","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2023.2300777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2023.2300777","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"129 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139453388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spirituality and creativity in the early childhood context","authors":"Samta P Pandya","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2023.2265076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2023.2265076","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis article reports a study on the impact of a customised spiritual education programme (SEP) on improving creativity for kindergarteners. The SEP was effective, and participants (n = 529) scored higher on creativity domains of figural fluency, originality, elaboration, abstractness of titles, and resistance to premature closure, compared to the waitlist control group. Girls, kindergarteners whose primary caregiver parents had higher formal education (postgraduate degree or professional degree), and who attended at least 80% of the SEP sessions (10–12 sessions), scored higher on all creativity parameters. Results suggest that spirituality, whose core is abstract and nonmaterial thinking, can be linked to nurturing creativity as a developmental asset among young children. The SEP may need some refining for young boys by including more externalising activities and simpler, relatable instructions for kindergarteners whose primary caregiver parents have lower formal education. Findings generally suggest that spiritual training can potentially bolster kindergarteners’ creativity.KEYWORDS: Creativitykindergartenersspiritual education programmecreative thinking Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Additional informationNotes on contributorsSamta P PandyaSamta P Pandya is a faculty member at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. Her areas of research include faith, spirituality, and interventions across the lifespan.","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136034191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Young people’s experiences of religious socialisation in Sweden and Finland","authors":"Linda Vikdahl, Arniika Kuusisto, Arto Kallioniemi","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2023.2265074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2023.2265074","url":null,"abstract":"The religious landscape in the Nordic countries has changed in recent decades. This article looks at what this means from the perspective of the religious socialisation experiences of Finnish and Swedish youth. Research has shown that the views and values of parents, family, friends, the youth culture and those that are prevalent in school and society as a whole are important for young people’s self-development. The intergenerational socialisation of religious traditions and values has diminished as societies have become more secularised. As this topic is scarcely researched, new studies are needed also on young people’s perspectives. This article aims to fill the research gap by investigating the kind of impact that parents, school and friends have on young people’s religious socialisation.","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135697787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring five children’s experiences of charismatic worship activities in <i>kids band</i> rehearsals","authors":"Calsey Schroeder, Mignon van Vreden","doi":"10.1080/1364436x.2023.2222923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436x.2023.2222923","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135101130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The strings on David’s Harp: religious ritual as a container for spirituality","authors":"Sandy Sasso Eisenberg","doi":"10.1080/1364436X.2019.1619532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2019.1619532","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Religion and spirituality have often been defined over against each other. The spontaneous, emotional and experiential nature of the spirit has been seen as preferential to the structured, fixed, and predictable nature of religious ritual. Religion education for children has moved away from the performance of ritual behaviour toward creating an environment to nurture the innate spiritual nature of children. This paper questions whether the pendulum has swung too far, neglecting rituals that have sustained religious and communal life for generations, and considers ways of reimagining traditional ritual as a way to encounter the spirit and build community.","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134299504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A philosophy of schooling: care and curiosity in the community","authors":"Marian De Souza","doi":"10.1080/1364436X.2018.1537548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2018.1537548","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Children's Spirituality","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114325501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}