Spiritual Development in Children & Adolescents
Art and Spiritual Development (A Pathmaps Workshop)
Chapel Hill, NC
April 25-27, 2008
About the Workshop
Approaching Sacred Art
For more than ten years, the Ackland Art Museum has been engaged in teaching and learning about world religions using works of art as catalysts for discussion and appreciation. In this morning presentation and workshop, Amanda Hughes will present an overview of some of the ways works of art engage and inform faith communities and some of the ways these same works, when moved to a museum context, can serve as powerful tools for engaging visitors, teachers and students in understanding the role of faith in the world today.
Participants will also be given the opportunity to develop object based lesson plans for use in their classroom. The Five Faiths Project at the Ackland focuses on Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam – five traditions with living communities in the Research Triangle of North Carolina.
Native American Spirituality
This workshop will examine Native American Spirituality in the context of two particular indigenous peoples of North America: the Salish peoples of Washington state, and Crow/Apsaalooka peoples of Montana. The workshop will explore shared characteristics, or “family resemblances,” of native peoples using the concept of “lifeways.” Lifeways is a term John Grim uses to situate any study of indigenous religious traditions in the seamless context of the particular peoples’ being considered. That is, Native American Spirituality cannot be separated out from the economic, political, social, and environmental life of a specific people. In the final two hours, Grim will discuss two rituals, one from each of the groups considered. The discussion will focus on particular practices, concepts and values that distinguish these distinct forms of Native American Spirituality.
Adolescent Rites of Passage
In this session Dr. Sarah Pike will look with participants at the topic of adolescent rites of passage, with a special focus on the religious and spiritual context in which they take place; she will introduce participants to recent research (her own and that of others) on adolescent spirituality and current trends in the field, including teen Witches and religion and youth music cultures (Muslim themes in rap, Christian rock, etc.).
Presenter(s)
Lodging
CSEE recommends the Days Inn Chapel Hill, as we are holding some portions of the workshop in the conference room here. There is also space available at The Sheraton nearby. Days Inn (919) 929-3090. Sheraton (919) 968-4900.
Location
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ackland Museum