Resources for Parents and Caregivers
- Speaking of Faith links
- Tips for Parents with Kids of All Ages
- Young People Share Their Thoughts
- Perspectives from Parents Around the World Read about the understandings of parents from around the world on their young people’s spiritual development; you’ll find insights from many countries and multiple faith traditions.csd/parentvoices
- Tips for Parents from ParentFurther.com Get more practical advice on nurturing your kids’ spiritual development from Search Institute’s Web site for parents.
Resources for Youth Workers and Educators
- KidSpirit magazine
- Young people’s poetry
- Parent perspectives on spiritual development
- Inspired to Serve An Online Tool Kit for Youth-Led Interfaith Action
- What Does Spirituality Mean? Young People Speak Out From focus groups with 171 young people, ages 12-19, in 13 different countries and representing wide diversity in tradition, culture, and circumstances, a series of themed quotations demonstrate their eloquence, their doubts and struggles, their understandings and growth.
- Practical Strategies: Activities You Can Use Right Now A good deal of the impact and importance of our work on spiritual development will reveal itself through application—through the use of the ideas, theories, data, and research in classrooms, youth-serving organizations, and faith communities.
Resources for Young People
You can make this your site. Take a look at what other young people are thinking, saying, and doing about their own spiritual development. Then choose a way to contribute your thoughts.
- KidSpirit magazine
- Young people’s poetry
- Parent perspectives on spiritual development
- What Does Spirituality Mean? Young People Speak Out From focus groups with 171 young people, ages 12-19, in 13 different countries and representing wide diversity in tradition, culture, and circumstances, a series of themed quotations demonstrate their eloquence, their doubts and struggles, their understandings and growth.
- Spiritual Autobiography Easy-to-use questions for exploring the meanings of your life. Reader Emily says: “I started my spiritual autobiography today and I am excited for the journey it is to tell the story of my soul. What a great way to start a new year—intentionally connecting to what it is that really makes me, me!” I Want to Try It
For Researchers and Students
We welcome researchers and students to engage with us in our studies of spiritual development, both quantitative and qualitative, across the globe.
- Searchable Library
- Fast Facts
- Researchers Corner
- With Their Own Voices: New Findings
- Muslim and Scientist: An Interview with Center Advisor Shiva Khalili , Tehran, Iran Muslim scholar Shiva Khalili shares her research and her Muslim worldview, and challenges scholars in this emerging field to surface their personal assumptions, their theories of person, and their faith/worldview.
Read more - Check out our Major Projects to learn about the latest from the research team, led by Peter L. Benson and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, in their efforts to establish a shared understanding of spiritual development, survey development and administration, focus-group analysis, and examination of interviews with youth spiritual exemplars.
