Many children today are growing up in the midst of adversity, whether brought on by family difficulties or larger societal crises. All children need to be able to deal with stress, cope with challenges, and persevere through disappointments. While we cannot protect children from all hardships, we can promote healthy development that fosters resilience.
In this interdisciplinary work, Holly Catterton Allen builds a bridge between resilience studies and children's spiritual formation. Because children are spiritual beings, those who work with them can cultivate spiritual practices that are essential to their thriving in challenging times.
This book equips educators, counselors, children's ministers, and parents with ways of developing children's spirituality to foster the resilience needed to face the ordinary hardships of childhood and to persevere when facing trauma. It offers particular insight into the spiritual experiences of children who have been hurt by life through chronic illness, disability, abuse, or disasters, with resources for healing and hope.
Innehållsförteckning
Foreword by Catherine Stonehouse
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Foundational Concepts in Children’s Spirituality and Resilience
1 What Is Children’s Spirituality?
2 Resilience in Children
3 The Intersection of Children’s Spirituality and Resilience
Part Two: Families, Children’s Spirituality, and Resilience
4 Parenting, Children’s Spirituality, and Resilience
5 Grandparenting, Children’s Spirituality, and Resilience
Part Three: Churches, Children’s Spirituality, and Resilience
6 Intergenerational Christian Experiences
7 God’s Story, Our Story
8 Body and Spirit
9 Wonder
Part Four: Children’s Spirituality, Resilience, and Adversity
10 Severe Trauma
11 Grief and Loss
12 Good Books
Part Five: In Conclusion
13 Hope and Resilience
Epilogue
Om författaren
Holly Catterton Allen (Ph D, Talbot School of Theology) is professor of family science and Christian ministries at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she holds a joint appointment in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Bible and Ministry. She teaches undergraduate courses such as Nurturing Spiritual Development in Children and Family Ministry and has previously taught at John Brown University, Biola University, and Abilene Christian University. Allen's areas of scholarly interest are children's spirituality and intergenerational issues. She is the author of Inter Generate: Transforming Churches through Intergenerational Ministry, coauthor (with Christine Ross) of Intergenerational Christian Formation, and editor of Nurturing Children's Spirituality: Christian Perspectives and Best Practices. She leads two national, ecumenical conferences: the Children's Spirituality Summit and Inter Generate that currently meet in alternating years at Lipscomb University. She has published articles in Christian Education Journal, Lutheran Education, Lifelong Faith, Christian Scholar's Review, and Christianity Today along with chapters in several books. Allen is married to Dr. Leonard Allen and they have three adult children and four grandchildren.
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