Alderson, Priscilla;
(2011)
Children’s rights in research about religion and spirituality.
In: Ridgely, Susan B, (ed.)
The Study of Children in Religions: A Methods Handbook.
(pp. 50-65).
New York University Press: New York, NY, US.
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Abstract
This chapter reviews approaches that can help to deepen our understanding of children's religion and spirituality. The approaches include ways to use rights-respecting research methods and theories, to see children as real persons, and to connect their lives to “adult worlds” by analyzing how politics, economics, and other social structures intersect with religion. These approaches also draw on the profound insights of earlier sociologists and philosophers. Besides attending to the meaning in children's own accounts, researchers need to examine secular influences on today's faiths and religious education, and to assess these against the founding precepts that religions tend to share.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Children’s rights in research about religion and spirituality |
| ISBN: | 9780814776469 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9780814776469.003.0004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814776469.003.000... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | children's religion, children's spirituality, rights-respecting, research methods, secular influences, religious education |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10006905 |
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