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Title: Child and Youth Spirituality
Subtitle: Current Research and Practice Issues, and Some Strategic Pointers
Author(s): CHATER, Mark
Journal: Studies in Spirituality
Volume: 15    Date: 2005   
Pages: 251-265
DOI: 10.2143/SIS.15.0.2003478

Abstract :
This article addresses problems in the theory and practice of spiritual education in schools. A number of definitions and approaches from several continents are discussed, and particular attention is paid to the North American, European and UK contexts. The article advocates a pluralist model of children’s and young people’s spirituality, but warns that more work is needed in defining it, and delineating it from aspects of religion and education.

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