La espiritualidad infantil. En qué consiste y cómo enriquecerla

by Rebecca Nye, Patricia Lluberas Rubio (Translator)

¿Te gustaría que los niños se acercaran a la espiritualidad cristiana de manera más profunda? Esta obra ofrece una introducción clara al tema de la espiritualidad infantil: en qué consiste, por qué es importante cultivarla y cómo podemos darle prioridad en nuestra tarea educativa.

Rebecca Nye, impulsora del reconocido método Godly Play en Reino Unido, combina teoría y útiles consejos prácticos en este libro que se centra en:

-La infancia como espacio natural de espiritualidad.

-Las formas de ayudar a los niños a que valoren y expresen su espiritualidad.

-El papel de la educación cristiana y la liturgia en el desarrollo espiritual temprano.

Cada capítulo incluye una serie de preguntas para el diálogo, así como sugerencias para desarrollar su práctica.

Genres: Parenting, Spirituality, Nonfiction

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Penny Reeve · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book after attending a 'Godly Play' training which challenged me to think more deeply about childhood spirituality and its implications for the way we share faith with children.
The book is easy to understand and split into useful chapters, including 'Children's spirituality - what is it?' and 'Nurturing children's spirituality 1: some guiding principles'.
The book is accessible and thought provoking, encouraging both theoretical and practical critique. Throughout the text, author Rebecca Nye has left questions for thought and discussion.
This is certainly a book I'll be returning to as I continue to wrestle through my understanding of this important subject and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in the spirituality of children.

[Christine V. Hides · Rating 5 out of 5]

In seven concise chapters Nye provides a definition of children’s spirituality, affirms the essentiality for spirituality for being whole, suggests guiding principles, and provides answers to questions frequently asked by church people who work with children. Her three definitions for children’s spirituality are cited often in child theology books. The simplest is “God’s way of being with children and children’s ways of being with God.” She also includes an evidence-based definition and an analogy. Her principles for nurturing spirituality are space, process, imagination, relationship, intimacy, and trust.

[Laura Kisthardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book for Children's Spirituality class at Yale Divinity School. I found the SPIRIT principles to be helpful in envisioning what children's ministry could look like from a strategic perspective. Personally, I don't know if I will do Godly Play in future congregations, but I think the ideas and practices are still relevant.

[Trey Kennedy · Rating 2 out of 5]

More like 2.5 for the rating. There were some good thoughts this book had and some that were just wrong.

[Kathryn McGregor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some nuggets of good info, but overall a little dry.