International Journal of Childrens Spirituality

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality

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Aims and Scope: 
What do we mean by ’spirituality’ and what relevance does 
it have to schooling and society? This newly relaunched and 
exciting journal seeks to debate such questions through 
peer reviewed contributions from those in education 
concerned with these issues. 

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality provides 
an international, inter-disciplinary and multi-cultural 
forum for those involved in research and development of 
children’s and young people's spirituality, within which 
this debate can be addressed and widened. 

This includes examining the nature and possible expressions 
of spirituality, the philosophical and practical 
foundations for morality, and their relationship in our 
rapidly changing world. The need for and the nature of 
spiritual and moral development in schools and society is 
of great significance, but whose responsibility is this and 
how can progress be achieved?

The editors believe a constructive and wide-ranging debate 
is necessary, involving educators, academics, religious 
communities, parents, local and national government and 
employers, and that this should take account of 
international perspectives and contributions from a broad 
range of subject disciplines. 

Most educational publications attract a readership that is 
clearly divided into academics and teachers, so that what 
is read by one group is seldom consulted by the other. It 
is also true that many teachers do not consider themselves 
to be researchers. When exploring the issue of children’s 
spirituality this lack of communication can result in the 
failure of any initiative. International Journal of 
Children’s Spirituality encourages debate across these two 
cultures, as well as across the cultures of childhood and 
adulthood, nationhood, ethnicity and religious identity.

Articles aim to stimulate further awareness and debate in 
the field, and to encourage the development of research and 
the academic study of spirituality in children and young 
people.

Editors: Clive Erricker, Jane Erricker, Cathy Ota, 

Publication Details: 
Volume 7, 2002, 3 issues per year 
ISSN 1364-436X 

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