The study of children in religions : a methods handbook / edited by Susan B. Ridgely.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridgely, Susan B., Author.

Contributor:

Ridgely, Susan B. (Susan Bales)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Religious life.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 how to make sense of young worldviews. The Study of Children in Religions provides scholars with a comprehensive source to assist them in addressing many of the issues that often stop researchers from pursuing projects involving children. This handbook offers a broad range of methodological and conceptual models for scholars interested in conducting work with children. It not only illuminates some of the legal and ethical issues involved in working with youth and provides guidance in getting IRB approval, but also presents specific case studies from scholars who have engaged in child-centered research and here offer the fruits of their experience. Cases include those that use interviews and drawings to work with children in contemporary settings, as well as more historically focused endeavors to use material culture—such as Sunday school projects or religious board games—to study children’s religious lives in past eras. The Study of Children in Religions offers concrete help to those who wish to conduct research on children and religion but are unsure of how to get started or how to frame their research.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 how to make sense of young worldviews. The Study of Children in Religions provides scholars with a comprehensive source to assist them in addressing many of the issues that often stop researchers from pursuing projects involving children. This handbook offers a broad range of methodological and conceptual models for scholars interested in conducting work with children. It not only illuminates some of the legal and ethical issues involved in working with youth and provides guidance in getting IRB approval, but also presents specific case studies from scholars who have engaged in child-centered research and here offer the fruits of their experience. Cases include those that use interviews and drawings to work with children in contemporary settings, as well as more historically focused endeavors to use material culture—such as Sunday school projects or religious board games—to study children’s religious lives in past eras. The Study of Children in Religions offers concrete help to those who wish to conduct research on children and religion but are unsure of how to get started or how to frame their research.

Contents:

Agency, voice, and maturity in children's religious and spiritual development / Chris Boyartzis

Religion and youth in American culture / Sarah Pike

Children's rights in research about religion and spirituality / Priscilla Alderson

Navigating the institutional review board (IRB) for child-directed qualitative research / Cindy Dell Clark

"Maybe the picture will tell you" : methods for hearing children's perspectives on religion / Susan B. Ridgely

Boundary and identity work among Hare Krishna children / E. Burke Rochford, Jr.

Playing with fire (and water, earth and air) : ritual fluency and improvisation among contemporary pagan children / Zohreh Kermani

"La Virgen, she watches over us" : what cholos and cholas can teach us about researching and writing about religion / Kristy Nabhan-Warren

Going through the motions of ritual : exploring the as if quality of religious sociality in faith-based schools / Sally Anderson

Catholic children's experiences of Scripture and the Sacrament of Reconciliation through catechesis of the Good Shepherd / Jennifer Beste

Religion and youth identity in post-war Bosnia Herzegovina / Ruqqya Khan

The battle for the toy box : marketing and play in the development of children's religious identities / Rebecca Sachs Norris

"God made this fire for our comfort" : Puritan children's literature in context / Phillipa Koch

Childhood in the land of hope : Black children and religion in Chicago / Moira Hinderer

The baptism of a Cheyenne girl / Ann Braude

Examining agency, destiny and creative power in the biography of a child terton / Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

Memory work and trauma in research on children / Diane Wolf.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-8147-7746-5

OCLC:

756642789