The Study of Children in Religions : A Methods Handbook / Susan B. Ridgely.
Ridgely, Susan B., author.; Alderson, Priscilla, contributor.; Anderson, Sally, contributor.; Beste, Jennifer, contributor.; Boyatzis, Chris, contributor.; Braude, Ann, contributor.; Christensen, Pia, contributor.; Dell Clark, Cindy, contributor.; Hinderer, Moira, contributor.; Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy, contributor.; Kermani, Zohreh, contributor.; Khan, Ruqayya Yasmine, contributor.; Koch, Philippa, contributor.; Nabhan-Warren, Kristy, contributor.; Pike, Sarah, contributor.; Ridgely, Susan B., contributor.; Rochford Jr, E. Burke, contributor.; Sachs Norris, Rebecca, contributor.; Wolf, Diane, contributor.
2011
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Title The Study of Children in Religions : A Methods Handbook / Susan B. Ridgely.
Author Ridgely, Susan B., author.
ISBN 9780814777466
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814776469.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright ©2011
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814776469.001.0001 doi
Call Number BL625.5 .S78 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 200.83
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.
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Added Author Alderson, Priscilla, contributor.
Anderson, Sally, contributor.
Beste, Jennifer, contributor.
Boyatzis, Chris, contributor.
Braude, Ann, contributor.
Christensen, Pia, contributor.
Dell Clark, Cindy, contributor.
Hinderer, Moira, contributor.
Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy, contributor.
Kermani, Zohreh, contributor.
Khan, Ruqayya Yasmine, contributor.
Koch, Philippa, contributor.
Nabhan-Warren, Kristy, contributor.
Pike, Sarah, contributor.
Ridgely, Susan B., contributor.
Rochford Jr, E. Burke, contributor.
Sachs Norris, Rebecca, contributor.
Wolf, Diane, contributor.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. A CHILDIST APPROACH TO THEORY AND HISTORY
1 Agency, Voice, and Maturity in Children's Religious and Spiritual Development
2 Religion and Youth in American Culture
3 Children's Rights in Research about Religion and Spirituality
II . USING ETHNOGRAPHY TO TALK WITH CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN
4 Navigating the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Child-Directed Qualitative Research
5 "Maybe the Picture Will Tell You"
6 Boundary and Identity Work among Hare Krishna Children
7 Playing with Fire (and Water, Earth, and Air)
8 "La Virgen, She Watches over Us"
III . STUDYING CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS
9 Going through the Motions of Ritual
10 Catholic Children's Experiences of Scripture and the Sacrament of Reconciliation through Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
11 Religion and Youth Identity in Postwar Bosnia Herzegovina
IV. USING ADULT-GENERATED MATERIAL ABOUT CHILDREN: SOURCES AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING CHILDREN'S VOICES FROM THE PAST AND TODAY
12 The Battle for the Toy Box
13 "God made this fire for our comfort"
14 Childhood in the Land of Hope
15 The Baptism of a Cheyenne Girl
16 Examining Agency, Discourses of Destiny, and Creative Power in the Biography of a Tibetan Child Tertön
17 Memory Work and Trauma in Research on Children
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index

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