Description
Educating Spiritual Intelligence
Book Summary
This book offers a practical guide for educators and parents who wish to cultivate spirituality in children and young people. The author, Isabel Gómez Villalba, starts from a fundamental premise: one cannot awaken spiritual intelligence in others without having developed one's own. Through reflections and activities, the work invites a process of self-knowledge to then accompany the little ones in the discovery of their spiritual dimension, understood as a universal human capacity that goes beyond religious beliefs.
What is it about?
The work approaches the education of spiritual intelligence as an experiential process, not as a mere transmission of content. It proposes a set of activities and dynamics designed to arouse and awaken the spiritual feeling in children and adolescents. The book is structured around the need for the adult (father, mother, or educator) to first do inner work in order to be an authentic guide. Throughout its pages, tools are explored to foster the capacity for wonder, empathy, the search for meaning, and the connection with oneself and with others, integrating spirituality into day-to-day educational and family life.
Main topics
- Development of spiritual intelligence in childhood and adolescence.
- The role of the educator as a companion in spiritual awakening.
- Activities and dynamics to cultivate spirituality in the classroom and at home.
- The connection between personal spirituality and the ability to transmit it.
- Spirituality as a universal human dimension, beyond the dogmatic.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at fathers, mothers, educators, catechists, and anyone interested in the integral education of children and young people. It is especially useful for those who are looking for practical tools to integrate the spiritual dimension into education, whether in the family, school, or parish environment, from an open and experiential perspective.
What this book contributes
- A practical methodology to awaken spirituality in children and young people through experiential activities.
- An invitation to the self-knowledge and spiritual development of the educator themselves as an indispensable prerequisite.
- Tools to foster values such as empathy, compassion, and the search for meaning in new generations.
- An integrative vision of spirituality as an essential part of human development, not just as a religious matter.
Technical data sheet
- Author: Gómez Villalba, Isabel
- Publisher: Khaf (Edelvives)
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Religion and beliefs, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Christian guidance
- Collection: Expresiones
- Binding: Others
- Publication date: May 2014
- Number of pages: 272
- Weight: 100 g
Editorial review
This is a useful and well-founded work for those who wish to approach children's spirituality from a practical and reflective perspective. The proposal to first work on the educator's own spirituality gives it a differential value, moving away from merely theoretical manuals. It may be of great interest to education professionals and families who are looking for resources to accompany children in their inner growth, within an open and experiential Christian framework.