Tony Eaude
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tony Eaude |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tony |
| FAMILY NAME | Eaude |
| SIGNATURE | EAUDE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6242-1458 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reflections on the search for meaning in confusing but fascinating terrain
This autoethnographic article highlights how my background as a teacher and headteacher of young children led to and underpinned my interest in children’s spirituality. My doctorate identified the search for identity, meaning and purpose within or outside a religious framework as central to the processes involved in spiritual growth. Subsequently, I became increasingly interested in connectedness, belonging, culture, the shaping of identities and…
Exploring Some Implications for Spiritual, Moral and Religious Education of the Research on Children's Spirituality
By reviewing and critiquing the research on children’s spirituality, this article considers the implications for how the spiritual overlaps with the moral and religious dimensions of children’s lives and for how these can be nurtured. While how spirituality is defined and understood is elusive, common themes relate to its innateness, the need for descriptions to apply in both religious and other frameworks and the search for identity, meaning, pu…
Barriers to young children’s spiritual growth – and some pointers to how these can be overcome
This article identifies three types of barrier which may inhibit young children’s spiritual growth and considers how these can be overcome. One type includes physical and emotional harm, stress and discrimination often associated with socio-cultural factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, class, disability and religion. The second result from societal expectations which commodify children and encourage material pursuit, trivialisation and immedia…
Reflections from an English Perspective on Nurturing Young Children’s Spiritual Growth and Implications for Religious Education
Revisiting some half-forgotten ideas on children’s spirituality
This article revisits various ideas from the literature on children’s spirituality which have elicited less attention in recent years, notably those of researchers who emphasise the contexts of children’s lives and those whose research uses children’s narratives. Key aspects meriting further investigation and research are suggested, especially the idea of the spirituality(ies) of societies, rather than only of individuals, and the importance of c…
Reflections on How Young Children Develop a Sense of Beauty and Should Be Guided in Doing So
This article explores tentatively how young children develop a sense of beauty and should be guided in doing so. Beauty is partly a matter of personal preference, but it implies a more profound and considered idea than what is pleasing or attractive. Beauty contributes to well-being and a flourishing life. Since ideas of beauty vary over time and are transmitted through culture and socialization, these are affected by socio-cultural factors such …
The role of culture and traditions in how young children’s identities are constructed
This article explores how cultures and traditions influence the construction of young children's identities. Identity is conceptualised as a constantly changing narrative based on how an individual sees him or herself and how s/he is perceived. We all have multiple, intersecting identities. Different meanings of culture are discussed, highlighting norms and values, 'culture-as-the-arts', and space for growth. Primary and secondary socialisation i…
Fundamental British values? Possible implications for children’s spirituality
This article argues that the statement of fundamental British values, as introduced in England’s education system in the period 2012–2014, is problematic, not least in relation to children’s spirituality. The context of the introduction of fundamental British values is outlined. The values chosen are more contested than they may seem, being neither fundamental nor distinctively British. How the idea has been conceptualised and implemented has adv…
Statements of national, supra-national and religious values-possible implications in terms of children’s spirituality
Statements of national, supra-national and religious values-possible implications in terms of children’s spirituality
"Statements of national, supra-national and religious values-possible implications in terms of children’s spirituality." International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 21(2), p. 160
Statements of values in a time of uncertainty
Global perspectives on spirituality and education
This is an ambitious collection of 22 articles discussing how spirituality and education is addressed in many different systems across the world. It is divided into three parts – Europe and Israel
Creating hospitable space to nurture children’s spirituality-possibilities and dilemmas associated with power
This article considers the idea of hospitable space and raises questions about what this entails in nurturing children’s spirituality in both religious and non-religious contexts. In particular, dilemmas associated with the use and abuse of adult power and authority and systemic forms of power are explored. It is argued that hospitable space is open, inclusive and reciprocal, with mutual learning. Adults must help to set the boundaries within whi…
Does religious education have a future? Pedagogical and policy prospects
The introduction to Mark Chater and Clive Erricker’s new book starts ‘Is this a book about religious education, or about politics? It is both.’ The authors argue (1) that while ‘everything that hap
Meaning and connectedness
How high should boys sing? Gender, authenticity and credibility in the young male voice
Happiness, emotional well‐being and mental health – what has children’s spirituality to offer
This article discusses the concepts of happiness, emotional well‐being and mental health in the light of recent work on children’s spirituality, to argue that such a consideration can help to avoid simplistic and individualistic views of each. Distinguishing between happiness as short‐term gratification and as longer‐term flourishing, the latter is presented as involving the search for meaning. Critiques of programmes designed to develop emotiona…
Do young boys and girls have distinct and different approaches and needs in relation to spiritual development
Difficulties are outlined in how to consider whether boys and girls have distinctive approaches and needs in relation to spiritual development, especially the lack of any agreed definition of spiritual development and the nature of the research literature relating to gender. I explore this without presupposing, or excluding, any particular definition, arguing that, whatever one's assumptions and beliefs about spirituality, these influence, and ar…
Shining Lights in Unexpected Corners
In this article I consider how an inclusive understanding of young children's spiritual development can be enriched by research within the psychoanalytic tradition and cognitive psychology. I discuss difficulties of language and definition and suggest that thinking of spiritual experience as a type of experience rather than of spirituality or spiritual development may be helpful. Rather than working from a pre-determined definition, I argue that …
Exploring Some Implications for Spiritual, Moral and Religious Education of the Research on Children's Spirituality
By reviewing and critiquing the research on children’s spirituality, this article considers the implications for how the spiritual overlaps with the moral and religious dimensions of children’s lives and for how these can be nurtured. While how spirituality is defined and understood is elusive, common themes relate to its innateness, the need for descriptions to apply in both religious and other frameworks and the search for identity, meaning, pu…
Shining Lights in Unexpected Corners
In this article I consider how an inclusive understanding of young children's spiritual development can be enriched by research within the psychoanalytic tradition and cognitive psychology. I discuss difficulties of language and definition and suggest that thinking of spiritual experience as a type of experience rather than of spirituality or spiritual development may be helpful. Rather than working from a pre-determined definition, I argue that …
Do young boys and girls have distinct and different approaches and needs in relation to spiritual development
Difficulties are outlined in how to consider whether boys and girls have distinctive approaches and needs in relation to spiritual development, especially the lack of any agreed definition of spiritual development and the nature of the research literature relating to gender. I explore this without presupposing, or excluding, any particular definition, arguing that, whatever one's assumptions and beliefs about spirituality, these influence, and ar…
Happiness, emotional well‐being and mental health – what has children’s spirituality to offer
This article discusses the concepts of happiness, emotional well‐being and mental health in the light of recent work on children’s spirituality, to argue that such a consideration can help to avoid simplistic and individualistic views of each. Distinguishing between happiness as short‐term gratification and as longer‐term flourishing, the latter is presented as involving the search for meaning. Critiques of programmes designed to develop emotiona…
How high should boys sing? Gender, authenticity and credibility in the young male voice
Meaning and connectedness
Does religious education have a future? Pedagogical and policy prospects
The introduction to Mark Chater and Clive Erricker’s new book starts ‘Is this a book about religious education, or about politics? It is both.’ The authors argue (1) that while ‘everything that hap
Creating hospitable space to nurture children’s spirituality-possibilities and dilemmas associated with power
This article considers the idea of hospitable space and raises questions about what this entails in nurturing children’s spirituality in both religious and non-religious contexts. In particular, dilemmas associated with the use and abuse of adult power and authority and systemic forms of power are explored. It is argued that hospitable space is open, inclusive and reciprocal, with mutual learning. Adults must help to set the boundaries within whi…
Global perspectives on spirituality and education
This is an ambitious collection of 22 articles discussing how spirituality and education is addressed in many different systems across the world. It is divided into three parts – Europe and Israel
Statements of national, supra-national and religious values-possible implications in terms of children’s spirituality
"Statements of national, supra-national and religious values-possible implications in terms of children’s spirituality." International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 21(2), p. 160
Statements of values in a time of uncertainty
Statements of national, supra-national and religious values-possible implications in terms of children’s spirituality
Fundamental British values? Possible implications for children’s spirituality
This article argues that the statement of fundamental British values, as introduced in England’s education system in the period 2012–2014, is problematic, not least in relation to children’s spirituality. The context of the introduction of fundamental British values is outlined. The values chosen are more contested than they may seem, being neither fundamental nor distinctively British. How the idea has been conceptualised and implemented has adv…
The role of culture and traditions in how young children’s identities are constructed
This article explores how cultures and traditions influence the construction of young children's identities. Identity is conceptualised as a constantly changing narrative based on how an individual sees him or herself and how s/he is perceived. We all have multiple, intersecting identities. Different meanings of culture are discussed, highlighting norms and values, 'culture-as-the-arts', and space for growth. Primary and secondary socialisation i…
Reflections from an English Perspective on Nurturing Young Children’s Spiritual Growth and Implications for Religious Education
Revisiting some half-forgotten ideas on children’s spirituality
This article revisits various ideas from the literature on children’s spirituality which have elicited less attention in recent years, notably those of researchers who emphasise the contexts of children’s lives and those whose research uses children’s narratives. Key aspects meriting further investigation and research are suggested, especially the idea of the spirituality(ies) of societies, rather than only of individuals, and the importance of c…
Reflections on How Young Children Develop a Sense of Beauty and Should Be Guided in Doing So
This article explores tentatively how young children develop a sense of beauty and should be guided in doing so. Beauty is partly a matter of personal preference, but it implies a more profound and considered idea than what is pleasing or attractive. Beauty contributes to well-being and a flourishing life. Since ideas of beauty vary over time and are transmitted through culture and socialization, these are affected by socio-cultural factors such …
Barriers to young children’s spiritual growth – and some pointers to how these can be overcome
This article identifies three types of barrier which may inhibit young children’s spiritual growth and considers how these can be overcome. One type includes physical and emotional harm, stress and discrimination often associated with socio-cultural factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, class, disability and religion. The second result from societal expectations which commodify children and encourage material pursuit, trivialisation and immedia…
Reflections on the search for meaning in confusing but fascinating terrain
This autoethnographic article highlights how my background as a teacher and headteacher of young children led to and underpinned my interest in children’s spirituality. My doctorate identified the search for identity, meaning and purpose within or outside a religious framework as central to the processes involved in spiritual growth. Subsequently, I became increasingly interested in connectedness, belonging, culture, the shaping of identities and…
Exploring Some Implications for Spiritual, Moral and Religious Education of the Research on Children's Spirituality
By reviewing and critiquing the research on children’s spirituality, this article considers the implications for how the spiritual overlaps with the moral and religious dimensions of children’s lives and for how these can be nurtured. While how spirituality is defined and understood is elusive, common themes relate to its innateness, the need for descriptions to apply in both religious and other frameworks and the search for identity, meaning, pu…
Psychology (15 works) · Religious Education and Schools (12 works) · Spirituality (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works)