Dr. Catherine Stonehouse honored with research scholarship

Asbury Theological Seminary and The Society for Children’s Spirituality: Christian Perspectives are pleased to announce a research scholarship to honor founding board members Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May (Wheaton College and Graduate School). Drs. Stonehouse and May were instrumental in launching this prestigious triennial conference (2003, 2006, 2009) that examines research on children’s Christian formation and features best practices in the field. During the conference, one to five outstanding masters/doctoral students will receive a $1,000 award for scholarly excellence in the field of children’s spirituality.

“The Board of Directors wanted a way to honor Scottie and Catherine, not only for their tremendous work in children’s research,” said La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D., Director of the Conference, “but also in appreciation for the encouragement and inspiration they are to so many others in this field.”

From these conferences, two volumes of research have been published—Children's Spirituality:Christian Perspectives, Research, and Applications, Donald Ratcliff, senior editor (Cascade Books, 2004) and Nurturing Children's Spirituality: Christian Perspectives and Best Practices, Holly Catterton Allen, editor (Cascade Books, 2008). A third publication is in the works.