Dave and Vicki – thanks for making my Amazon wishlist just that much longer! Great suggestions.

Tom – I would expect nothing else from you but a great question like this (I am glad we reconnected after all these years). As interested as I am in the question you’ve raised (“how can we learn from children” ) I am equally interested, perhaps more so, with the question of “why”. Getting at the why will mean we have to wrestle with the status of children within our families and communities. This is something Miller-McLemore addresses in terms of our need to reconceive children as “agents.” More to come.

Kent – I will drop you a line.

Cheers.

The Mystery of the Child, by Martin E. Marty

The Child in Christin Thought, by Marcia Bunge (ed )

Paedofaith, by Rich Lusk

When Children Became People, by O.M. Bakke

The Children of Israel, Reading the Bible for the Sake of OUr Children, by Danna Nolan Fewell

Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence, Edited by Roehlkepartain, King Wagener Bensen

Children of God, Towards a Theology of Childhood, ediited by Anela Shier-Jones.

Children Matter, edited by May, Posterski, Stonehouse, Cannell

Children and Spirituality, by Brendan Hyde

Have more but these along with their own bibiliographies are good for starters.

Those books look excellent. Something that intrigues me is how we can learn from our children. Jesus said we should change and become like children in order to live in the kingdom. I know it’s off topic but do you have any comments on that?

Welcoming Children, by Joyce Ann Mercer
In the Midst of Chaos, by Bonnie Miller-McLemore
Graced Vulnerability, by David Jensen
Real Kids, Real Faith, by Karen-Marie Yust
Children Matter, by Scottie May et. al.
Children’s Spirituality, edited by Don Ratcliff
Seeing Children, Seeing God, by Pamela Couture
Child Poverty, by Pamela Couture
Perspectives of Children’s Spirituality, edited by Michael Anthony
The Spiritual Life of Children, by Robert Coles
The Spirit of the Child, by David Hay and Rebecca Nye