Angels: a bridge to a spiritual pedagogy?

This article is the result of an Early Childhood Care and Education undergraduate pilot project through a university on the West Coast of Canada. It weaves together poststructural interpretations and a hermeneutic phenomenological recounting of an experience of inquiring about angels with young chil...

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Main Author: Pettersen, Anita (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2015]
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2015, Volume: 20, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 204-217
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AH Religious education
CB Christian life; spirituality
NBH Angelology; demonology
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Early childhood education
B allowing spaces
B Angels
B Children
B the space between
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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