Flights Of Fancy Leaps Of Faith

Author : Cindy Dell Clark
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780226107783

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Flights of Fancy, Leaps of Faith by Cindy Dell Clark Pdf

Through the mysteries and myths of Christmas and Easter, families balance the values of receiving and giving, of growth and sacrifice. Each aspect of the Santa myth, from his slide down a chimney to his big red suit, plays a part in a child's imagination. Through their offerings of milk and cookies and their letter writing, children bring their relationship to Santa into developing attitudes toward giving and receiving gifts. The Easter Bunny story, with its ritual egg hunt and baskets of brightly colored candy, is explored in terms of life and its possibility of growth. In these examples, Clark shows how children play an active role in constructing family rituals and cultural reality, since their willingness to make the stories their own helps to renew the traditions.

Author : Cindy Dell Clark
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781978801974

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All Together Now by Cindy Dell Clark Pdf

In a hard driving society like the United States, holidays are islands of softness. Holidays are times for creating memories and for celebrating cultural values, emotions, and social ties. All Together Now considers holidays that are celebrated by American families: Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Halloween, and the December holidays of Christmas or Chanukah. This book shows how entire families bond at holidays, in ways that allow both children and adults to be influential within their shared interaction. The decorations, songs, special ways of dressing, and rituals carry deep significance that is viscerally felt by even young tots. Ritual has the capacity to condense a plethora of meaning into a unified metaphor such as a Christmas tree, a menorah, or the American flag. These symbols allow children and adults to co-opt the meaning of symbols in flexible and age-relevant ways, all while the symbols are still treasured and shared in common.

Author : Marjorie Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190287139

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Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them by Marjorie Taylor Pdf

Many parents delight in their child's imaginary companion as evidence of a lively imagination and creative mind. At the same time, parents sometimes wonder if the imaginary companion might be a sign that something is wrong. Does having a pretend friend mean that the child is in emotional distress? That he or she has difficulty communicating with other children? In this fascinating book, Marjorie Taylor provides an informed look at current thinking about pretend friends, dispelling many myths about them. In the past a child with an imaginary companion might have been considered peculiar, shy, or even troubled, but according to Taylor the reality is much more positive--and interesting. Not only are imaginary companions surprisingly common, the children who have them tend to be less shy than other children. They also are better able to focus their attention and to see things from another person's perspective. In addition to describing imaginary companions and the reasons children create them, Taylor discusses other aspects of children's fantasy lives, such as their belief in Santa, their dreams, and their uncertainty about the reality of TV characters. Adults who remember their own childhood pretend friends will be interested in the chapter on the relationship between imaginary companions in childhood and adult forms of fantasy. Taylor also addresses practical concerns, providing many useful suggestions for parents. For example, she describes how children often express their own feelings by attributing them to their imaginary companion. If you have a child who creates imaginary creatures, or if you work with pre-schoolers, you will find this book very helpful in understanding the roles that imaginary companions play in children's emotional lives.

Author : Sandra M. Levy
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780802863010

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Imagination and the Journey of Faith by Sandra M. Levy Pdf

"What makes us open to mystery, to glimpses of the Transcendent in our daily lives? The power of the imagination, according to Sandra Levy - a power that has been seriously depleted in today's postmodern culture. To address and redress this deficit, Levy explores how the imagination expresses itself - through ritual, music, poetry, art, story - and focuses on specific practices that can exercise and enrich our spiritual capacity, thus opening us up to divine encounter. Imagination and the Journey of Faith will speak to all readers, whether religious believers or not, who wish to strengthen and deepen the imaginative power of their spiritual lives."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Nicholas Humphrey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0387987207

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Leaps of Faith by Nicholas Humphrey Pdf

"Elegant and literate" -THE TIMES OF LONDON "The kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read"- SKEPTICAL INQUIRER "An urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions" -NEW SCIENTIST "A lively, entertaining book... Humphrey has set himself a larger task than simply explaining why people believe in parapsychology: the task of explaining why it is irrational to believe in it."-NATURE

Author : Kevin E. Lawson,Scottie May
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532672491

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Children's Spirituality, Second Edition by Kevin E. Lawson,Scottie May Pdf

The Society of Children’s Spirituality: Christian Perspectives launched in 2003 with its first conference held at Concordia University Chicago, in River Forest, Illinois. An earlier edition of this book, composed of chapters based on presentations from that conference, was published in 2004. In 2018 a decision was made to revise this book from the inaugural conference, updating some chapters and providing a new perspective on the ongoing work of the organization, now called the Children’s Spirituality Summit. For example, given the advances in what we are learning from brain research, a chapter on this topic has been extensively updated. What this revised volume provides is a collection of chapters offering theological perspectives, social science research, and insights on ministry practice about the spiritual lives of children: how they relate to God, how this relationship grows, and what helps in promoting the spiritual formation and vitality of children in the home, church, and school This book offers twenty-three chapters by professors, graduate students, social science researchers, and ministry leaders from different denominational traditions addressing a wide range of issues in theory, research, and ministry practice with children. This second edition offers much to learn from, stimulate your thinking, and improve your practice.

Author : Gary A. Kowalski
Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1558963510

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Green Mountain Spring and Other Leaps of Faith by Gary A. Kowalski Pdf

Author : Marjorie Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780195395761

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The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Imagination by Marjorie Taylor Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Imagination provides a comprehensive overview of research on the role of imagination in cognitive and social development and its link with children's understanding of the real world.

Author : Karl S. Rosengren,Carl N. Johnson,Paul L. Harris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521665876

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Imagining the Impossible by Karl S. Rosengren,Carl N. Johnson,Paul L. Harris Pdf

This volume, first published in 2000, is about the development of human thinking that stretches beyond the ordinary boundaries of reality. Various research initiatives emerged in the decade prior to publication exploring such matters as children's thinking about imaginary beings, magic and the supernatural. The purpose of this book is to capture something of the larger spirit of these efforts. In many ways, this new work offers a counterpoint to research on the development of children's domain-specific knowledge about the ordinary nature of things that has suggested that children become increasingly scientific and rational over the course of development. In acquiring an intuitive understanding of the physical, biological or psychological domains, even young children recognize that there are constraints on what can happen. However, once such constraints are acknowledged, children are in a position to think about the violation of those very same constraints - to contemplate the impossible.

Author : Usha Goswami
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118586662

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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development by Usha Goswami Pdf

This definitive volume is the result of collaboration by top scholars in the field of children's cognition. New edition offers an up-to-date overview of all the major areas of importance in the field, and includes new data from cognitive neuroscience and new chapters on social cognitive development and language Provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by international specialists in different areas of cognitive development Spans aspects of cognitive development from infancy to the onset of adolescence Includes chapters on symbolic reasoning, pretend play, spatial development, abnormal cognitive development and current theoretical perspectives

Author : Marian de Souza,LESLIE J. FRANCIS,James O'Higgins-Norman,Daniel G. Scott
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781402090189

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International Handbook of Education for Spirituality, Care and Wellbeing by Marian de Souza,LESLIE J. FRANCIS,James O'Higgins-Norman,Daniel G. Scott Pdf

Acknowledging and understanding spiritual formation is vital in contemporary education. This book explores the dynamic relationship between education and wellbeing. It examines the theory underpinning the practice of education in different societies where spirituality and care are believed to be at the heart of all educational experiences. The book recognizes that, regardless of the context or type of educational experience, education is a caring activity in which the development of the whole person - body, mind and spirit - is a central aim for teachers and educators in both formal and informal learning. The chapters in this handbook present and discuss topics that focus on spirituality as an integral part of human experience and, consequently, essential to educational programs which aim to address personal and communal identity, foster resilience, empathy and compassion, and promote meaning and connectedness.

Author : Ian Conrich,Laura Sedgwick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137303585

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Gothic Dissections in Film and Literature by Ian Conrich,Laura Sedgwick Pdf

This is the first book-length study to systematically and theoretically analyse the use and representation of individual body parts in Gothic fiction. Moving between filmic and literary texts and across the body—from the brain, hair and teeth, to hands, skin and the stomach—this book engages in unique readings by foregrounding a diversity of global representations. Building on scholarly work on the ‘Gothic body’ and ‘body horror’, Gothic Dissections in Film and Literature dissects the individual features that comprise the physical human corporeal form in its different functions. This very original and accessible study, which will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in the Gothic, centralises the use (and abuse) of limbs, organs, bones and appendages. It presents a set of unique global examinations; from Brazil, France and South Korea to name a few; that address the materiality of the Gothic body in depth in texts ranging from the nineteenth century to the present; from Nikolai Gogol, Edgar Allan Poe, Roald Dahl and Chuck Palahniuk, to David Cronenberg, Freddy Krueger and The Greasy Strangler.

Author : Diego Rinallo,Linda M. Scott,Pauline Maclaran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415889117

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Consumption and Spirituality by Diego Rinallo,Linda M. Scott,Pauline Maclaran Pdf

This book sheds light on the consumption of spiritual products, services, experiences, and places through state-of-the-art studies by leading and emerging scholars in interpretive consumer research, marketing, sociology, anthropology, cultural, and religious studies. The collection brings together fresh views and scholarship on a cultural tension that is at the centre of the lives of countless individuals living in postmodern societies: the relationship between the material and the spiritual, the sacred and the profane. The book examines how a variety of agents - religious institutions, spiritual leaders, marketers and consumers - interact and co-create spiritual meanings in a post-disenchanted society that has been defined as a 'supermarket of the soul.' Consumption and Spirituality examines not only religious organizations, but also brands and marketers and the way they infuse their products, services and experiences with spiritual meanings that flow freely in the circuit of culture and can be appropriated by consumers even without purchase acts. From a consumer perspective, the book investigates how spiritual beliefs, practices, and experiences are now embedded into a global consumer culture. Rather than condemning consumption, the chapters in this book highlight consumers' agency and the creative processes through which authentic spiritual meanings are co-created from a variety of sources, local and global, and sacred and profane alike.

Author : Cindy Dell Clark
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0813532701

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In Sickness and in Play by Cindy Dell Clark Pdf

The author's 46 interviews with the families of children with chronic illness give an understanding of how the children comprehend their illnesses and how parents struggle daily to care for their kids while trying to give them a 'normal' childhood.

Author : Karen Littleton,Clare Wood,Judith Kleine Staarman
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 827 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781848552326

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International Handbook of Psychology in Education by Karen Littleton,Clare Wood,Judith Kleine Staarman Pdf

Provides researchers, practitioners and advisers working in the fields of psychology and education with an overview of research across a broad spectrum of work within the domain of psychology of education. This book focuses on typically developing school-age children, although issues relating to specific learning difficulties are also addressed.