RT Article
T1 The spiritual potential of childhood: awakening to the fullness of life
JF International journal of children's spirituality
VO 18
IS 1
SP 4
OP 17
A1 King, Ursula 1938-
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779673485
AB To study children’s spirituality at the beginning of the twenty-first century provides a prime opportunity for exploring the personal, social and global interconnections in the understanding and practice of spirituality. Countless definitions of spirituality have been suggested, yet it has also been said that spirituality escapes definition altogether. I suggest an open-ended description which can be applied to childhood where the fabric of human life first emerges, is nurtured into further growth and shaped towards its adult expression. Based on this experience and research, I will first reflect on the spiritual potential of childhood, its awakening and development, before discussing what I mean by the fullness of life in a time of almost cataclysmic change. These ideas are explored within a wider context than spirituality in either early childhood or young adolescence, yet they relate closely to the development of the spiritual potential of children and young people.
K1 Antonovsky’s theory of salutogenesis
K1 zest for life
K1 pneumatophores
K1 spiritual imperative
K1 new ecological earth consciousness
K1 spiritual literacy
K1 Spiritual Awakening
K1 fullness of life
K1 Flourishing
K1 Spiritual Potential
K1 Childhood
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1080/1364436X.2013.776266