Peacemaking at home in the world: Grounding childrens spirituality in peace

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Theology and Religious Education

Document Type

Article

Source Title

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

Volume

18

Issue

4

First Page

318

Last Page

334

Publication Date

11-1-2013

Abstract

Peace is both a religious and non-religious proposition. Religiously it is articulated within doctrinal categories. In non-religious terms, it is pursued within national and international interests. Non-religious pursuits to peace were often framed within political and some cultural considerations involving adult participants. However, numerous spiritual considerations to peacemaking have traditionally identified children's dispositions as a material for inquiry. This paper described how children's perspectives on peace and peacemaking essentially projected aspects of children's spirituality on peace using some 296 children's essays and drawings on peace. Results showed how peculiar traits of childrens spirituality grounded on peace were strategically nested on domestic order, the world and environment. Peacemaking is homemaking; it is peacemaking at home in the world. © 2013 Taylor and Francis.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/1364436X.2013.849660

Disciplines

Religion

Keywords

Peace; Children—Religious life; Spirituality

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