Including All Children: A Qualitative Exploration of Spiritual Personalities and Children's Experiences with God and Church

Csinos, David M.

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.advisor	Bellous, Joyce E.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Csinos, David M.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-18T16:50:33Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-06-18T16:50:33Z	-
dc.date.created	2011-07-13	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008	en_US
dc.identifier.other	opendissertations/5313	en_US
dc.identifier.other	6335	en_US
dc.identifier.other	2099095	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10261	-
dc.description.abstract	<p>In this study, David Csinos explores the realms of children's spirituality and object relations theory in order to discover the effects of church environments on children's experiences with God. However, after conducting over thirty qualitative interviews with thirteen children, the author discovered that what had the greatest effect on the participants' experiences with God and their church environments was their dominant spiritual personality. He then outlines the four spiritual types-head, heart, mystic, and kingdom-and, based on the data collected from the thirteen children, discusses important characteristics of each personality. Finally, he offers churches and ministry leaders suggestions as to how to be inclusive of children of all spiritual personalities.</p>	en_US
dc.subject	Religion	en_US
dc.subject	Religion	en_US
dc.title	Including All Children: A Qualitative Exploration of Spiritual Personalities and Children's Experiences with God and Church	en_US
dc.type	thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Divinity College	en_US
dc.description.degree	Master of Theological Studies (MTS)	en_US
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