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A történetmondás lelkigondozói lehetőségei kisgyermekkorban
The Possibilities of Spiritual Care by Means of Story-telling in Early Childhoud

Author(s): Edit Somfalvi
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: spiritual care;catechesis;story-telling;

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the essay describes the development of little children, with special attention to their spiritual growth, then we study the possibilities of pastoral counselling by storytelling (understood as a collective action), and the effect of the stories on the children’s thinking. In the second part of the essay – after a comparative analysis of a story and a bible-story – a few practical pieces of advise follow for pastors and counsellors, who deal with little children, advise on possibilities of preventing spiritual problems at such a sensitive age.

  • Issue Year: 100/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 363-397
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Hungarian