spiritual upbringing
Religious childhood formation
A spiritual upbringing is childhood shaped by religious or metaphysical beliefs and practices.
Parents who provide one typically involve children in prayer, worship, sacred texts, or moral instruction rooted in faith: Her spiritual upbringing gave her a framework for dealing with hardship.
The phrase implies deliberate cultivation rather than casual exposure.
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- theologyStudy of the divine
meditation · mindfulness · sacred text · worship · family prayer · bedtime prayers · daily devotion · transcendence · higher power · moral compass · harmony · denomination · doctrine · observance · self-reflection · inner peace · blessing · interconnectedness
- MKsmissionary schools, mission field, mission stations, deputation, prayer letters
- Buddhist livingBuddhist ethics, Buddhist teachings, noble truths, right action, precepts
spiritual upbringingscientific worldview
Understanding based on empirical evidence
spiritual, spirit, spirits, spirited, spiritually, spirituality, spiritualism, spiritualist, dispirit