| Description |
529 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Cover title: Religion in childhood & adolescence. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-483) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Religious thinking : before and after Goldman -- Religious thinking : criticisms and new approaches -- Children's ideas of God -- Parental images and the idea of God -- Religious beliefs and their development -- Understanding parables, allegories, and myths -- Related studies and teaching styles -- Studies of religious attitudes -- Religious experience -- Personality and religion -- The development of religiousness -- Surveys of religious beliefs and practices -- Religion and morality in adolescence -- The religious influence of schools -- Appendix A : the definition of religion in psychology -- Appendix B : problems in the measurement of religion -- Appendix C : dimensions of religion -- Appendix D : religious orientations -- Appendix E : religious knowledge and religious understanding -- Appendix F : a new analysis of Goldman's findings -- Appendix G : the cognitive basis of religion -- Appendix H : metaphor comprehension in childhood -- Appendix I : attitude to religion : theoretical considerations. |
| Subject |
Children -- Religious life.
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Teenagers -- Religious life.
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| Added Title |
Religion in childhood & adolescence.
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| ISBN |
0891350764 |
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9780891350767 |
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