Welcome to the Website of
the Association for Children's Spirituality
The Association for Children's Spirituality seeks to promote and support research and practice in relation to children's spirituality within education and wider contexts of children's care and wellbeing.
The Association understands spirituality broadly and inclusively as having relation to the religious and beyond the religious. It seeks to give attention to children's voices, experiences and relationships, and to encourage holistic approaches to children's spirituality and personal development across disciplines, professions, organisations and communities. Read more about the values of the Association. The International Journal of Children's Spirituality is the official journal of the Association and these support the annual International Conferences on Children's Spirituality.
Latest from the ACS
The 10th International Conference on Children's Spirituality
Date added: 10th February 2010
Theme: “Spirituality and Resilience”
Date: 19th - 23rd July, 2010.
Venue: The Hong Kong Institute of Education (Tai Po Campus) Address:10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, HONG KONG, CHINA
Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2010. Acceptance emails will be sent out within three weeks after receiving your submission.
Please submit an abstract with 150-200 words. Proposals for workshops and alternative forms of presentation will also be considered. Abstracts should be submitted with the following details:
Paper title.
Author(s) name.
Author(s) institution affiliation, address and contact email Abstract text (max: 150-200 words).
More information and On-line registration is available at the conference website:
The webpage of the 10th International Conference on Children's Spirituality.
Changing Boundaries: Spirituality and Education
Date added: 10th February 2010
DCU School of Education Studies, All Hallows College
Mater Dei Institute of Education and St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra
22 - 23 June 2010
Key Note Speaker: Professor Elizabeth Tisdell, Penn State University
This conference brings together academics and practitioners to consider how the boundaries between spirituality and religion have changed and the implications of this change for educational goals.
New Perspectives on Religious and Spiritual Education
Date added: 10th February 2010
2nd Biannual Conference on Religious and Spiritual Education
European Association of Research Learning and Instruction (SIG19)
Malta, 26-28 August 2010
The Conference aims to foster the community of researchers in the field and to enhance theory formation. The conference will deal with three major issues relevant to the field.
Members' area updated
Date added: 18th January 2010
The members' area has just been updated, so please do visit it regularly and make suggestions to tony.eaude@education.ox.ac.uk on how it could be improved and what you are prepared to do to help members keep in touch with each other.
In particular, this now includes a position paper called 'Spirituality- what are we talking about?' by Dr Tony Eaude. This is available for download by members from the members' area and is intended to prompt discussion and debate. So, members, please log in, read it and respond - and non-members, please join the ACS and then add your contribution to this important debate.
International executive working group
Date added: 10th August 2009
An international executive working group has been set up to develop the Association for Children's Spirituality over the coming year. Members of the Association can find out more in the members' area.
The International Journal of Children's Spirituality
The IJCS is the journal of the ACS. Aiming to provide an international and multi-cultural forum for those involved in research and the development of children's and young people's spirituality the journal considers what is meant by 'spirituality' and its relevance for schooling and society.
Please see our journal page for more information
Join the Association for Children's Spirituality
Membership of the Association for Children's Spirituality costs only £50 per year and runs from 1st January. Benefits include:
- Hard copies of the International Journal of Children's Spirituality (4 per year) - this alone normally costs more than membership of the Association
- On-line access to all previous editions of the Journal
- The opportunity to post information about your work, research, publications and consultancies.
If you wish to join please visit our membership page.
Non-ACS forthcoming events
New conference details - Ottawa, Canada in May 2010
Date added: 4th November 2009
The subject is ‘Family's many faces’ -International Interdisciplinary colloquium on the plurality of families.' Further details can be found by clicking on the link. Call for papers can be found here.
1st International Conference of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality
4-6 May 2010, Windsor, UK
The 1st International Conference of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS) will be held at Cumberland Lodge in the beautiful surroundings of the Windsor Great Park, from 4-6 May 2010. The conference is interdisciplinary and tackles the theme of 'Spirituality in a Changing World.' For more information, a booking form and instructions for Abstract submission please contact BASS using the details on the flyer.
To assist the conference organisers, and to ensure that you secure the accommodation of your choice, BASS request early booking.
