{"title":"Montessori, “Formation,” and the Adult Learner","authors":"Jared August","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2283668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2283668","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138599240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relationship between Islamic Religious Education and Citizenship Education in Liberal Democracies","authors":"Kamel Essabane, Carl Sterkens, Paul Vermeer","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2262888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2262888","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses how Islamic religious education (IRE) can complement citizenship education by nurturing shared values and norms. The article first discusses the ideal of transformative citizenship in the context of Western liberal democracies as the dynamic interplay of four core dimensions: identity, legal status, participation, and rights. Next, these dimensions of citizenship are linked to Islamic key concepts that can be interpreted as being in line with transformative citizenship. To show how IRE may simultaneously serve the civic formation of pupils, Islamic key concepts are operationalized as educational goals to pursue in IRE classes.","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135138053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hannah J. Visser, Marianne Moyaert, Gerdien D. Bertram-Troost, Anke I. Liefbroer
{"title":"Learning Orientations in Interfaith Initiatives: A Case Study of the Interfaith Leadership Program Emoena","authors":"Hannah J. Visser, Marianne Moyaert, Gerdien D. Bertram-Troost, Anke I. Liefbroer","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2261754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2261754","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines participants’ self-reported learning orientations over the course of the interfaith leadership program Emoena. Participants started the program with a range of different expectations and motivations, and this influenced the insights they gained and the challenges they faced throughout the program. Based on an inductive analysis of participants’ reflection reports, four interfaith learning orientations were distinguished: 1) literacy-oriented learning, 2) connection-oriented learning, 3) competency-oriented learning, and 4) reflection-oriented learning. Knowing more about these learning orientations will benefit curriculum designers in choosing relevant learning activities, and will direct future empirical work on the complex dynamics of interfaith learning.","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135474941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crossed Wires: The Disconnect Between Christian Leaders’ Perceptions of Parents and the Lived Experiences of Contemporary Families","authors":"Cheryl Minor, Hannah Sutton-Adams, Heather Ingersoll","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2269342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2269342","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis study explored the spiritual needs of Christian families by surveying and holding focus groups with parents and congregational leaders. We discovered a disconnect between what congregational leaders think is happening with families and the lived experience of families. Congregational leaders often perceive the lack of church engagement from families as disinterest or devaluing of spirituality and faith over and against other pursuits. However, our data revealed that parents deeply value spirituality and issues of faith. This research highlights the need for deep listening on the part of congregational leaders coupled with empathy for the pressures parents are currently feeling.Keywords: Christian familiesparentsparentingnurturing spiritual livesCOVID-19spiritualityspiritual well-beingchurch attendance Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 This study originally sought to interview caregivers of children and youth including grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. However, everyone but two individuals in our sample identified as a “parent.” As such, we use the term parent throughout the manuscript rather than the broader term of caregiver.2 The mission of Godly Play is to support research, curriculum, and training for the purpose of nurturing the spiritual well-being of children.3 Participants were from California, Canada, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington State, West Virginia, and Texas.Additional informationNotes on contributorsCheryl MinorCheryl Minor is the Director of the Center for the Theology of Childhood for the Godly Play Foundation, the research and publishing arm of the Foundation. She has a Ph.D. from Northcentral University in Scottsdale, Arizona Her work is focused on nurturing the spiritual well-being of children. Email: cheryl.minor@godlyplayfoundation.orgHannah Sutton-AdamsHannah Sutton-Adams is a Ph.D. candidate in Theology and Education at Boston College and a board-certified chaplain. She is the research assistant at the Center for the Theology of Childhood with the Godly Play Foundation.Heather IngersollHeather Ingersoll is the Executive Director of the Godly Play Foundation, a non-profit supporting the spiritual nurture of children through research, training, and curricula. Her professional experience is focused on using academic discourse and empirical research to inform practical support for the spirituality of children in churches, schools, and organizations.","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135637062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spiritual Intelligence: A Vision for Formation in Religious Education","authors":"Thi An Hoa Nguyen,","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2264554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2264554","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis article introduces the category of spiritual intelligence (SI) as a vital way for religious education to cultivate knowledge and practical wisdom. SI fosters human interconnectedness and promotes a sense of belonging for learners. It helps strengthen learners’ identities and creates a just learning environment. The article proposes a version of SI grounded in the ideas of Koinonia (communion) in Christianity and Sangha (community) in Buddhism, which are useful for learners in both religious traditions and across religions.Keywords: Formationspiritual intelligencespiritual crisiswisdomcommunityinterconnectedness Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsThi An Hoa Nguyen,Thi An Hoa Nguyen is a third-year Ph.D. student in Theology and Education at Boston College. She is a member of the Congregation of the Lovers of the Holy Cross of Đà Lạt (LHC), the first women’s religious congregation instituted in Vietnam in 1671. Sr. An Hoa holds an M.A. in Theology from Yale University. Email: thianhoa.nguyen@bc.edu","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136160023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Pilgrimage to the Motherland: Understanding Pilgrimage Experience as Embodied Religious Education for Korean American Youth and Young Adults","authors":"Eunil David Cho, Garam Han","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2268971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2268971","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis article explores how pilgrimage shapes the ways in which Korean American youth and young adults develop their sense of intersectional identities by visiting their motherland. The coauthors begin by highlighting the limitation of Korean American churches’ emphasis on text-based education, suggesting how pilgrimage as a spiritual practice could be more implemented for more embodied and experiential learning. By analyzing the Trip to the Motherland program run by the Presbyterian Churches in Korea and North America, the article demonstrates how transnational pilgrimage enables young pilgrims to gain a renewed sense of intersectional identities, which integrates their racial, ethnic, and religious lives.Keywords: Korean Americanpilgrimageembodied learningyoung adultsidentity development Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 The term “intersectional identity” comes from the concept of “intersectionality,” first coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw (Citation1989). Intersectionality describes how race and racism need to be understood at their intersection with other forms of indentification, such as gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, immigration status, and more. This concept is helpful in exploring how Korean American young people often struggle to make sense of their racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious identities as racially minoritized individuals in America.2 Christine Hong and Anne Carter Walker (Citation2020) use a similar methodology in their co-written article. Inspired by bell hooks, Hong and Carter Walker use their personal narratives as a way to engage in critical dialogue and reflection on religious education and what it means to be religious educators as scholars of color. Patrick Reyes (Citation2018) also employs a similar approach in his article, “Practical Theology as Knowledge of Origin and Migration.”3 Cho participated in the pilgrimage in 2015 and 2018 and Han participated in the pilgrimage program in 2022.4 In the history of Korean Christianity, along with American Presbyterians, American Methodists also laid the Protestant Christian foundation in Korea, such as Henry G. Appenzeller, George Heber Jones, and Mary Scranton.5 Another similar program is called Brightright Israel, which provides opportunities for young American Jews to visit Israel on an all-expense-paid ten-day pilgrimage-tour. Sociologist and Jewish studies scholar Shaul Kelner (Citation2010) writes about the program and explores how it helps American Jewish young adults to think more extensively about their identities as they visit their motherland in Tours That Bind: Diaspora, Pilgrimage, and Israeli Birthright Tourism.6 While the transition into “Individuative-Reflective” faith ideally happens in the early to mid-twenties, Fowler (Citation1995) strongly indicates that not every young adult succeeds in doing it. Many people could also transition into this stage after their young adulthood.7 Yoido Full Gosp","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136236036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Construction of Place: Creating a Religious Built Environment to Optimally Support a Child’s Entrance into Flow","authors":"Elizabeth Vice","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2268463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2268463","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThere is significant research on the built environment’s support for children’s optimal learning in educational settings. While faith itself is transmitted through conversation with God, the process of conversation, as well as a child’s interaction and growth within their community, is affected by the physically built environment of the classroom. By filtering data through a lens of God’s gift of place, we can see what is often taken for granted or measured by adult standards. When place is viewed as the third teacher, best practices can help children enter a flow state of learning which supports their spiritual development.Keywords: built environmentchildren’s facilitiescreating communityChristian educationclassroomschildren’s optimal learning Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsElizabeth ViceElizabeth Vice has years of training and education both in human development, Montessori pedagogy, and theology. At Parkside, she combines all of these skills to assist the children as they live into the reality that they are loved by God. Email: eavice@mindspring.com","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136381908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faith Formation and Children’s Agency in the Context of Vietnamese American Catholic Families","authors":"Thi An Hoa Nguyen","doi":"10.1080/00344087.2023.2268465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2268465","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractIn light of the history of immigration during and after the Vietnam War, Vietnamese American families are struggling to live between two worlds: their old culture and nation and their new life in the United States. Parents face a dilemma in raising their children, either to maintain the Vietnamese tradition or to adapt to the new American culture. I propose a Family-Centered Faith Formation model to accompany immigrant children on their faith journey by naming false family narratives and rewriting family narratives using a practical theology approach.Keywords: Immigrant familiesidentitychildren’s agencyFamily-Centered Faith Formation Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationNotes on contributorsThi An Hoa NguyenThi An Hoa Nguyen is a third-year Ph.D. student in Theology and Education at Boston College. She is a member of the Congregation of The Lovers of the Holy Cross of Đà Lạt, the first women’s religious congregation instituted in Vietnam in 1671. Sr. An Hoa holds an M.A. in Theology from Yale University. Email: thianhoa.nguyen@bc.edu","PeriodicalId":45654,"journal":{"name":"RELIGIOUS EDUCATION","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136382219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}