Nurturing child and adolescent spirituality : perspectives from the world's religious traditions / edited by Karen Marie Yust [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Traditional wisdom : creating space for religious reflection on child and adolescent spirituality / Karen Marie Yust, Aostre N. Johnson, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain -- Children and adolescents in major religious traditions -- Awakening latent spirituality : nurturing children in the Hindu tradition / Vishal Agarwal -- The child as compassionate Bodhisattva and as human sufferer/spiritual seeker : intertwined Buddhist images / Yoshiharu Nakagawa -- Learning to be righteous : a Jewish theology of childhood / Michael Shire -- The dignity and complexity of children : constructing Christian theologies of childhood / Marcia J. Bunge -- Filling the heart with the love of God : Islamic perspectives on spirituality in childhood and adolescence / Yetkin Yildirim -- Spiritual change and rites of passage -- Saintly children : Roman Catholicism and the nurture of children / Adrian Gellel -- After a child's first dance with God : accompanying children on a Protestant spiritual journey / Catherine Stonehouse -- In right relationship with God : childhood conversion in evangelical Christian traditions / Kevin E. Lawson -- From naming to initiation : childhood and adolescence in African Christian spirituality / Nicholas Otieno -- The child on loan : the pathway from infancy through adolescence in Islamic studies / Ruqayya Yasmine Khan -- Entering the world, entering Torah : moving from the natural to the sacred in the Jewish life cycle / Roberta Louis Goodman -- Educating the warrior : a Tibetan Buddhist approach to spiritual growth / Richard C. Brown -- Rituals and practices to nurture the inner life -- Young minds, youthful Buddhas : developmental rituals and practices in Tibetan Buddhism / The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche -- Narrative and imagination : the role of texts and storytelling in nurturing spirituality in Judaism / Howard Schwartz -- Sanctifying time : a Jewish perspective on prayer, holy days, and blessings in the life of children / Shoshana Silberman -- Schooling the heart : introducing Catholic youth to the meaning and practice of prayer / Robin Maas -- Sacred celebrations : the role of festivals in nurturing Hindu children's spirituality / Melukote K. Sridhar --

Reformed spirits : Christian practices in Presbyterian preschools in South Korea and the United States / Kathy Dawson and Shin-Kyung Park -- Connecting the inner life with ethical action -- A way of mind and life : the relationship of adolescent Catholic spirituality to life structure / Michael Warren -- Singing hope and practicing justice : adolescent emancipatory hope embodied in the life of Ruby Doris Smith / Evelyn L. Parker -- Repairing the world : the place of mitzvot in children's spiritual lives / Sherry H. Blumberg -- Nurturing young people's spirituality as a force for social change : a Bahá'í perspective / Lori M. Noguchi -- Children and the five pillars of Islam : practicing spirituality in daily life / Afeefa Syeed and Nusaybah Ritchie -- Value-creating education : a Nichiren Buddhist perspective / Monte Joffee -- Who is responsible for nurturing spirituality? -- At home with faith and family : a Protestant Christian perspective / Elizabeth F. Caldwell -- Sunday school for Buddhists? : nurturing spirituality in children / Sumi Loundon, Ilmee Hwansoo Kim, and Benny Liow -- Personal responsibility with communal support : the spiritual education of Muslim children / Pamela K. Taylor -- Understanding dharma, performing karma : shared responsibilities for spiritual grooming in Hindu traditions / Venkatakrishna B. V. Sastry -- Transforming bar/bat mitzvah : the role of family and community / Jeffrey K. Salkin -- Teaching correct principles : promoting spiritual strength in LDS young people / David C. Dollahite and Loren D. Marks -- Social and cultural forces that shape spirituality -- Scarce discourse : exploring gender, sexuality, and spirituality in Buddhism / Rita M. Gross -- Identity jihads : the multiple strivings of American Muslim youth / Marcia Hermansen and Shabana Mir -- Countering a malforming culture : Christian theological formation of adolescents in North America / Ellen T. Charry -- Resistance and resilience : cultivating Christian spiritual practices among Brazilian children and youth / Débora Barbosa Agra Junker -- Spiritual economies of childhood : Christian perspectives on global market forces and young people's spirituality / Joyce Ann Mercer -- Born with a knife in their hearts : children and political conflict in the Middle East / Arik Ascherman.