The study of children in religions : a methods handbook / edited by Susan B. Ridgely.

Includes bibliographical references (pages285-300) and index.

Agency, voice, and maturity in children's religious and spiritual development / Chris Boyartzis -- Religion and youth in American culture / Sarah Pike -- Children's rights in research about religion and spirituality / Priscilla Alderson -- Navigating the institutional review board (IRB) for child-directed qualitative research / Cindy Dell Clark -- "Maybe the picture will tell you" : methods for hearing children's perspectives on religion / Susan B. Ridgely -- Boundary and identity work among Hare Krishna children / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. -- Playing with fire (and water, earth and air) : ritual fluency and improvisation among contemporary pagan children / Zohreh Kermani -- "La Virgen, she watches over us" : what cholos and cholas can teach us about researching and writing about religion / Kristy Nabhan-Warren -- Going through the motions of ritual : exploring the as if quality of religious sociality in faith-based schools / Sally Anderson -- Catholic children's experiences of Scripture and the Sacrament of Reconciliation through catechesis of the Good Shepherd / Jennifer Beste -- Religion and youth identity in post-war Bosnia Herzegovina / Ruqqya Yasmine Khan -- The battle for the toy box : marketing and play in the development of children's religious identities / Rebecca Sachs Norris -- "God made this fire for our comfort" : Puritan children's literature in context / Phillipa Koch -- Childhood in the land of hope : Black children and religion in Chicago, 1920-1945 / Moira Hinderer -- The baptism of a Cheyenne girl / Ann Braude -- Examining agency, destiny and creative power in the biography of a Tibetan child tertön / Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa -- Memory work and trauma in research on children / Diane Wolf.