Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Positive Development, Spirituality, and Generosity in Youth: An Introduction to the Issues -- Part 1: Conceptual Issues in Operationalizing Spirituality in Positive Youth Development -- 2. The Spirit of Spiritual Development -- 3. Spirituality and Positive Youth Development: The Problem of Transcendence -- 4. Spirituality as Fertile Ground for Positive Youth Development -- 5. Self and Identity Processes in Spirituality and Positive Youth Development -- Part 2: Biological Contributions to the Spirituality- PYD Relation -- 6. Genetics of Faith: An Oxymoron Worth Examining -- 7. Cooperative Behavior in Adolescence: Economic Antecedents and Neural Underpinnings -- 8. How Religious/Spiritual Practices Contribute to Well-Being: The Role of Emotion Regulation -- Part 3: Individual Contributions to the Spirituality-PYD Relation -- 9. The Role of Developmental Change in Spiritual Development -- 10. Spirituality, "Expanding Circle Morality," and Positive Youth Development -- 11. The Role of Spirituality and Religious Faith in Supporting Purpose in Adolescence -- 12. From "Worm Food" to "Infinite Bliss": Emerging Adults' Views of Life after Death -- Part 4: Social and Cultural Contexts of the Spirituality-PYD Relation -- 13. Immigrant Civic Engagement and Religion: The Paradoxical Roles of Religious Motives and Organizations -- 14. Ethnic Identity and Spirituality -- 15. Considering Context, Culture, and Development in the Relationship between Spirituality and Positive Youth Development -- 16. Application of the Ecological Model: Spirituality Research with Ethnically Diverse Youths -- 17. Possible Interrelationships between Civic Engagement, Positive Youth Development, and Spirituality/Religiosity.

18. A Palace in Time: Supporting Children's Spiritual Development through New Technologies -- List of Contributors -- Index.