title: Perspectives on spiritual development as part of youth development.
abstract: Speaking to the issue of spiritual development from her extensive experience as a youth work practitioner, the author notes several ideas she finds particularly compelling, among them that spiritual development interacts with, yet is distinct from, moral and religious development; that spiritual development is a core construct of identity formation, one of the central tasks of adolescence; and that the spiritual dimensions of youth development relate not only to work with young people but also to motivations for engaging in this work. Engaging young people in the fundamental questions of life and being human is a task that belongs in both secular and religious settings.
authors.affiliation: Children's Aid Society in New York City, USA.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012067:Religion; D012736:Sex Education; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States