Introduction

Jane Erricker

Cathy Ota

Clive Erricker

Part I Religious and Theological Approaches

The Nonverbal Nature of Spirituality and Religious Language

Jerome Berryman

When Your Children Ask - A Jewish Theology of Childhood

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

Toward a Pedagogy of the Sacred: Transcendence, Ethics, and the Curriculum

Hanan Alexander

Miriam Ben-Peretz

Who Nurtured the Child? Without attachment there can be no intimacy

Cynthia Dixon

Children, Doorposts and Hearts: How can and should the religious traditions respond to spirituality in a postmodern setting?

Mark Chater

Listening to...listening for...: A Theological Reflection on Spirituality in Early Childhood

Elaine Champagne

Youth Spirituality as a Response to Cultural Crisis

David Tacey

Part II Psychological and Anthropological Approaches

Spirituality versus Individualism: The Challenge of Relational Consciousness

David Hay

Storytelling, Voice and Qualitative Research: Spirituality as a Site of Ambiguity and Difficulty

Daniel Scott

Religious Nurture and Young People's Spirituality: Reflections on Research at the University of Warwick

Eleanor Nesbitt

The Corruption of Innocence and the Spirituality of Dissent: Postcolonial Perspectives on Spirituality in a World of Violence

Liam Gearon

``Theory of mind'' or ``Theory of the soul?'' The Role of Spirituality in Children's Understanding of Minds and Emotions

Sandra Bosacki

The Prospects of Spirituality in a Globalized, Technologized World

Wong Ping Ho

The Experience of Religious Varieties: William James and the Postmodern Age

Jack Priestley

Part III Pedagogical Approaches

Spirituality and the Notion of Citizenship in Education

Jane Erricker

Postmodernism, Spirituality and Education in Late Modernity

Paul Yates

Searching for the Spirit

Tony Eaude

Autism and Childhood Spirituality

Laura Morris

Youth and Adulthood in Children's and Adults' Perspectives

Wim Westerman

The Conflict between Pedagogical Effectiveness and Spiritual Development in Catholic Schools

Cathy Ota

Spiritual Education of Khoja Shi'a Ithnasheeri (KSI) Youth: The Challenges of Diaspora

Clive Erricker

Conclusion

List of Contributors

Index