The Study of Children in Religions : : A Methods Handbook /

The Study of Children in Religions : : A Methods Handbook / / Susan B. Ridgely.

Research in religious studies has traditionally focused on adult subjects since working with children presents significantly more challenges to the researcher, such as getting the research protocol passed by the Internal Review Board, obtaining permission from parents and schools, and figuring out h...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Ridgely, Susan B.,
MitwirkendeR:
Alderson, Priscilla,
Anderson, Sally,
Beste, Jennifer,
Boyatzis, Chris,
Braude, Ann,
Christensen, Pia,
Dell Clark, Cindy,
Hinderer, Moira,
Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy,
Kermani, Zohreh,
Khan, Ruqayya Yasmine,
Koch, Philippa,
Nabhan-Warren, Kristy,
Pike, Sarah,
Ridgely, Susan B.,
Rochford Jr, E. Burke,
Sachs Norris, Rebecca,
Wolf, Diane,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. A CHILDIST APPROACH TO THEORY AND HISTORY
  • 1 Agency, Voice, and Maturity in Children’s Religious and Spiritual Development
  • 2 Religion and Youth in American Culture
  • 3 Children’s Rights in Research about Religion and Spirituality
  • II . USING ETHNOGRAPHY TO TALK WITH CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN
  • 4 Navigating the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Child-Directed Qualitative Research
  • 5 “Maybe the Picture Will Tell You”
  • 6 Boundary and Identity Work among Hare Krishna Children
  • 7 Playing with Fire (and Water, Earth, and Air)
  • 8 “La Virgen, She Watches over Us”
  • III . STUDYING CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS
  • 9 Going through the Motions of Ritual
  • 10 Catholic Children’s Experiences of Scripture and the Sacrament of Reconciliation through Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
  • 11 Religion and Youth Identity in Postwar Bosnia Herzegovina
  • IV. USING ADULT-GENERATED MATERIAL ABOUT CHILDREN: SOURCES AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING CHILDREN’S VOICES FROM THE PAST AND TODAY
  • 12 The Battle for the Toy Box
  • 13 “God made this fire for our comfort”
  • 14 Childhood in the Land of Hope
  • 15 The Baptism of a Cheyenne Girl
  • 16 Examining Agency, Discourses of Destiny, and Creative Power in the Biography of a Tibetan Child Tertön
  • 17 Memory Work and Trauma in Research on Children
  • Bibliography
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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