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(2011) International handbook of Jewish education, Dordrecht, Springer.
This chapter reviews the research pertaining to the spirituality of children, religious development and theologies of childhood seeking to draw upon this research to explore the following questions: How can the spirituality of children be characterised and expressed in Jewish terms? What tools can be used to best understand the nature of the spiritual child? How can faith be formed in children by means of a Jewish religious education and what educational implications are there for nurturing the spirituality in the context of a Jewish childhood? The main findings in each category of research are identified and their significance discussed for Jewish education. Finally, questions for further study are identified in order to enable Jewish educators to more fully incorporate religious development, the child as spiritual being and Jewish theologies of childhood into their practice.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0354-4_18
Full citation:
Shire, M. J. (2011)., Spirituality: the spiritual child and Jewish childhood, in H. Miller, L. Grant & A. Pomson (eds.), International handbook of Jewish education, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 301-318.
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