1. Introduction Joyce E. Bellous 2. We are all affected: considering the recovery of HIV/AIDS infected and affected children Carla Nelson 3. Resilience and recovery Jean Clinton 4. An afflicted waiting Denise A. Peltomaki 5. Pastor Emile’s children Emile Desmond Ebun Sam-Peal 6. Linking spirituality, school communities, grief and well-being Louise Rowling 7. Living and dying: a window on (Christian) children’s spirituality Elaine Champagne 8. Exploring trauma, loss and healing: spirituality, Te Whariki and early childhood education Jane Bone 9. Grief and loss: towards an existential phenomenology of child spirituality David A. Walters 10. Spirituality, loss and recovery in children with disabilities David V. Erickson
Biography
Joyce Bellous is Associate Professor of Lay Empowerment and Discipleship at McMaster Divinity College, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario where she has taught since 1993. She researches and teaches in the areas of spirituality, postmodernism, multiculturalism, culture, ethics and education. She is a consultant, speaker and writer for teachers, pastors, colleagues and congregants on the subjects of leadership and ministry education. Her special interest is children and spirituality.
