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The Spirituality of Children

Many believe children have an innate spirituality that defies religious categories. Their questions and confidences seem to imply an awareness of the ineffable in ways that adults have tuned out. How can we understand this in light of our own traditions? What can children teach us about the world and the possibility of the divine?

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The Curiosity of Children: A Gift for Us All

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Creating Spaces for Children to Flourish in the Modern...

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The Secret Awareness of Children

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"Mommy, Do You Feel It?"

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Suffer the Children to Come, But Beware

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The Secret of Our Hope Lies in the Imagination of Children

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Seven Distinctions of Children's Spirituality

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My Encumbering Person: The Work of the Catechist

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Children: Mini-Mystics, Until We “Educate” Them

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