This online Symposium, which occurred live in the fall of 2021, focuses the latest research in the field of Children’s Spirituality. It includes a keynote address by the late Jerome Berryman (Founder of Godly Play), a panel with four respondents, and nine scholarly presentations.
Jerome Berryman
The Rev. Dr. Jerome Berryman offers the Keynote, Playing in the Flow of God’s Creative Power: A Theology of Childhood.
Lisa Kimball
Elisabeth M. Kimball, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning and the James Maxwell Professor Chair of Lifelong Christian Formation at VTS, serves as host.
Liz DeGaynor
Elizabeth DeGaynor, Th.D. Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Formation at VTS, serves as host and panel facilitator.
Brother Luis
Br Luis Enrique Hernández Rivas CFC offers opening prayers. Follow his theology in the public square of TikTok @brotherluis.
Ebony Grisom
Rev. Ebony Grisom, a Godly Play Missioner and member of the Godly Play Anti-Racism Task Force, serves as a panelist.
Matthew Kozlowski
The Rev. Matthew Kozlowski, Ph.D., Associate Rector at All Saints Church, Bethesda, MD, serves as a panelist.
Lakisha Lockhart
Rev. Lakisha Lockhart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Christian Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary, serves as a panelist.
- Laura Alary - What Is This Story Doing to Me? Biblical Storytelling for a Global Generation (46:05)
- Tanya Marie Eustace Campen - Holy Work with Families: Dancing Together (26:06)
- Amy Chapman - Nurturing Children’s Innate Spirituality Through K-12 Education (35:12)
- Dave Csinos - All, Some, None: A Multilayered Interpretation of Children’s Theological Meaning-Making (21:46)
- Catherine Maresca - Children, Signs, and Spiritual Literacy: An Interfaith Experience (42:03)
- Alfred Kah Meng Pang - Prophetic Wonder with Children in the Call to Teach: A Lasallian Inspiration (37:53)
- Anthony Peterson - Listening with Children: A Spirituality of Race (51:16)
- Karen-Marie Yust - Let the Little Children Theologize: Moral Development, Critical Thinking, and Preschool Faith (41:12)
- Henry Zonio - Made in His Image: Constructing Gender in Children’s Sunday School (42:37)
Laura Alary
What is This Story Doing to Me? Biblical Storytelling for a Global Generation
Tanya Marie Eustace Campen
Holy Work with Families: Dancing Together
Amy Chapman
Nurturing Children’s Innate Spirituality Through K-12 Education
Dave Csinos
All, Some, None: A Multilayered Interpretation of Children’s Theological Meaning-Making
Catherine Maresca
Children, Signs, and Spiritual Literacy: An Interfaith Experience
Alfred Kah Meng Pang
Prophetic Wonder with Children in the Call to Teach: A Lasallian Inspiration
Anthony Peterson
Listening with Children: A Spirituality of Race
Karen-Marie Yust
Let the Little Children Theologize: Moral Development, Critical Thinking, and Preschool Faith
Henry Zonio
Made in His Image: Constructing Gender in Children’s Sunday School
