International Journal of Children’s Spirituality

VOLUME 4  NUMBER 2  DECEMBER 1999

Editorial 117

Children’s Cognition as the Foundation of Spirituality
Shellie Levine 121

Bereavement Group Therapy in School: the role of a belief in a post-death existence within adolescent development for the acceptance process of loss
Dennis Lines 141

A Jewish View of Human Learning
Hanan A. Alexander 155

The Church of England Head: the responsibility for spiritual development and transmission of tradition in a multi-cultural setting
Helen Johnson & Elaine McCreery 165

The Bureaucratization of Spirituality
Paul Yates 179

Perpetuating the Father Christmas Story: a justifiable lie?
Janet Gill & Theodora Papatheodorou 195

The Shaping Influence of Film and Television on the Spirituality and Identity of Children and Adolescents: an educational response—part 3
Graham Rossiter 207

Short Responses to Articles
A Humanist Response to Sian Higgins
Marilyn Mason 225

Conference Reports
Making Connections: an emerging rationale for the future
Geoff Taggart 227

Faith in the Millennium
Liam Gearon 231

Belief, Values and Community: Sixth International Annual Conference on Education, Spirituality and the Whole Child
Mark Chater 233

Book Reviews 235

Notes on Contributors 249

Title-page, Contents and Author Index, VOLUME 4 251

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality

VOLUME 4  NUMBER 1  JUNE 1999

Guest Editorial
J. Mark Halstead 5

The Healing Power of the Imagination
Patricia A. Burke 9

Emotional Literacy: Education for Meaning
James Park 19

Helps to Fostering Students’ Spiritual Health
John W. Fisher 29

Images and Pictures of God: The Development of Creative Seeing
Hans Günther-Heimbrock 51

The Role of Picture Books in Children’s Spiritual Development and
Meaning Making
Sue Kendall 61

Death Education in the Primary School
Sian Higgins 77

Review Article
Spiritual Literacy: Can Schools Provide Nourishment for Children’s
Brains and Souls?
Sandra Leanne Bosacki 91

Book Reviews 97

Notes on Contributors 111

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality

VOLUME 3  NUMBER 2  DECEMBER 1998

Editorial. The Critical Force of Small Narratives 93

Silent Wounding in the Post-Holocaust Age: Spiritual awareness of
redemption through the study of the unspeakable
Ray Wolpow & Yossi Liebowitz 97

Is Silence Really Golden? The Role of Spiritual Voice in Folk Pedagogy and
Folk Psychology
Sandra Leanne Bosacki 109

What is Spiritual Development? Primary Headteachers’ Views
Geriant Davies 123

Impacting Awareness of Child Abuse through a Spiritually Based
Performing Arts Project
Patricia Brown & Mary Ann Shaening 135

Woundedness and the Learning Child-Spirit—Ontology and Epistemology
of a Therapeutic Education
Mark F. T. Chater 147

Conference Report
Education, Spirituality and the Whole Child: Where are we going?
David Rose & Mike Castelli 159

Research Report
The Gulbenkian Foundation: The educational programme
Simon Richey 163

Book Reviews 165

Notes on Contributors 179

Title-page, Contents and Author Index, VOLUME 3 181

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality

VOLUME 3  NUMBER 1  JUNE 1998

Editorial 5

Children and Spirituality in the Context of a Traditional Festival: Halloween
Robert A. Davis & Leila Dudley Edwards 9

Playing in the Presence of God: wonder, wisdom and education
Chuck Melchert & Anabel Proffitt 21

Karl Barth and the Religious Experience of his Childhood
Aartjan Van Den Berg 35

The Spiritual Dimension and Autonomy
Christopher Clouder 43

Spiritual Confusion: a critique of current educational policy in England
and Wales
Clive Erricker 51

Research Report
Run-up to the Millennium
Kevin McCarthy 65

Review Article
The ‘God beyond God’ in Fiction for Young People
Mike Newby 69

Book Reviews 75

Notes on Contributors 75