Natural Theological Understanding From Childhood To Adulthood

Author : Olivera Petrovich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317380740

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Natural-Theological Understanding from Childhood to Adulthood by Olivera Petrovich Pdf

It is commonly assumed that young children only begin to think about God as a result of some educational or cultural influence, perhaps provided by their parents. Natural-Theological Understanding from Childhood to Adulthood asks if there is anything about God that children can know independently of any specific cultural input; does their knowledge of God simply come from their everyday encounters with the surrounding world? Whilst children’s theoretical reasoning in biology, physics and psychology has received considerable attention in recent developmental research, the same could not be said about their religious or theological understanding. Olivera Petrovich explores children’s religious concepts, from a natural-theological perspective. Using supporting evidence from a series of studies with children and adults living in as diverse cultures as the UK and Japan, Petrovich explains how young children begin to construct their everyday scientific and metaphysical theories by relying on their own already advanced causal understanding. The unique contribution that this volume makes to the developmental psychology of religion is its contention that religion or theology constitutes one of the core domains of human cognition rather than being a by-product of other core domains and specific cultural inputs. Natural-Theological Understanding from Childhood to Adulthood is essential reading for students and researchers in cognitive-developmental psychology, religious studies, education and cognitive anthropology.

Author : Olivera Petrovich
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000775334

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Developmental Psychology and Young Children’s Religious Education by Olivera Petrovich Pdf

Developmental Psychology and Young Children’s Religious Education sets out to identify the conceptual pre-requisites for young children’s religious education learning and clearly highlights the challenges that children and their teachers encounter in the RE educational process. Based on a study with 431 children aged 5 to 7 years from different schools, faith and non-faith, and 47 teachers from the same schools as the children, this book offers an insightful look into younger children’s religious education, providing statistical evidence to dismantle the belief that young children lack the ability to conceptualise God in abstract terms. The information obtained from these children and their teachers reveals a major discrepancy between the teachers’ perceptions of young children’s conceptual abilities for RE learning, on the one hand, and children’s actual abilities revealed in their responses throughout the study, on the other. Based on the evidence described in the volume, Petrovich argues that teacher-training courses for primary RE need to be designed to include a substantial component of contemporary developmental research that is of direct relevance to children’s conceptual abilities and understanding of abstract concepts. Developmental Psychology and Young Children’s Religious Education is essential reading for students and researchers in developmental psychology, religious education, teacher education, education studies and cultural anthropology.

Author : Diego E. Machuca
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000648607

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Evolutionary Debunking Arguments by Diego E. Machuca Pdf

Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in evolutionary debunking arguments directed against certain types of belief, particularly moral and religious beliefs. According to those arguments, the evolutionary origins of the cognitive mechanisms that produce the targeted beliefs render these beliefs epistemically unjustified. The reason is that natural selection cares for reproduction and survival rather than truth, and false beliefs can in principle be as evolutionarily advantageous as true beliefs. The present volume brings together fourteen essays that examine evolutionary debunking arguments not only in ethics and philosophy of religion, but also in philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and epistemology. The essays move forward research on those arguments by shedding fresh light on old problems and proposing new lines of inquiry. The book will appeal to scholars and graduate students interested in the possible skeptical implications of evolutionary theory in any of the above domains.

Author : J. Warner Wallace
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310111283

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Person of Interest by J. Warner Wallace Pdf

Join a cold-case detective as he uncovers the truth about Jesus using the same approach he employs to solve real murder cases. Detective J. Warner Wallace was skeptical of the Bible's claims about Jesus. But he'd investigated several no-body homicide cases in which there was no crime scene, no physical evidence, and no victim's body. He wondered if the truth about the historical Jesus could be investigated in the same way. In Person of Interest, cold-case detective and bestselling author J. Warner Wallace describes his own personal investigative journey from atheism to Christianity as he carefully sifts through the evidence from history alone, without relying on the New Testament. In this book, you'll: Understand like never before how Jesus—the most significant person in history—changed the world and why he still matters today. Learn how to think like a cold-case detective by using an innovative and unique "fuse and fallout" investigative strategy, which you can also use to examine other claims of history. Explore and learn how to respond to common objections to Christianity. Creative, compelling, and fully illustrated, Person of Interest will strengthen the faith of believers while engaging those who are skeptical and distrusting of the New Testament gospel accounts.

Author : Brenda Watson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000195613

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Making Education Fit for Democracy by Brenda Watson Pdf

Dewey wrote his celebrated book on Democracy and Education over a hundred years ago. Making Education Fit for Democracy asks why education has nevertheless failed to deliver such crucial support for democracy and how it should change to reflect ethical and social responsibilities. It seeks to shed light on what has gone wrong and how it can be put right. Reforming an antiquated system of education should be a matter for public debate. This book is written not only for those currently involved in delivering education, but also for the general public. Arguing that education needs to be holistic, encouraging open-mindedness and developing a wide range of interests, it: Highlights the role of education in supporting democracy Promotes nurture in civilising values over mere information-giving Puts exams and accountability into perspective Seeks to bridge the gulf between schooling and life Argues for the reform of the whole system of education Seeks to use digital technology to personalise education Touching upon several issues currently under debate, such as the rise of populism, the role of religion and narrow subject curriculum, this book will be of interest to all students studying education as well as those involved in teacher education.

Author : Richard Harries,Stephen Platten
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334059448

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Austin Farrer for Today by Richard Harries,Stephen Platten Pdf

Austin Farrer is often called the one genius the Church of England produced in the 20th Century. His innovative ideas crossed a host of theological disciplines. Assessing his continuing importance and introducing him to a new generation of readers, Austin Farrer for Today brings together a stellar collection of writers to reflect on Farrer’s contribution to biblical theology, philosophy, language, doctrine, prayer and preaching. Chapters include: •Rowan Williams on Farrer as a doctrinal theologian •Morwenna Ludlow on Farrer's language and symbolism •Jane Shaw on Farrer as preacher •John Barton, on typology in Farrer

Author : Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Analogy (Religion)
ISBN : UCAL:$B263711

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The Youth's Book on Natural Theology by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Ashton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000815092

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The Role of Metaphor and Symbol in Motivating Primary School Children by Elizabeth Ashton Pdf

This book provides a fresh approach to motivation in primary school children by exploring the role of metaphor and symbol in language and art as a means of expressing insights developed through learning. The book investigates and transcends Piaget’s dominant child developmental theories and considers alternative theories from psychiatry, not least ideas drawn from the theories of Jung and the works of McGilchrist. Using literary examples from primary school children’s work, including prose and poetry, religious narratives, and drama and art based on Jungian archetypal images, the book analyses how creative approaches to lesson planning around metaphor and symbol enable children to achieve higher levels of understanding than had been previously thought possible. Ultimately, the volume evaluates why current practice largely fails to retain the initial enthusiasm shown for learning by young children, and instead offers a wealth of possible new foundations and insights for learning among primary school children. Focusing the primary school curriculum on creative ability, this book will be of great interest to academics, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of educational psychology, primary school education and educational theory.

Author : T. H. GALLAUDET
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033153184

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YOUTH'S BOOK ON NATURAL THEOLOGY by T. H. GALLAUDET Pdf

Author : Russell Re Manning
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191611711

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The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology by Russell Re Manning Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology is the first collection to consider the full breadth of natural theology from both historical and contemporary perspectives and to bring together leading scholars to offer accessible high-level accounts of the major themes. The volume embodies and develops the recent revival of interest in natural theology as a topic of serious critical engagement. Frequently misunderstood or polemicized, natural theology is an under-studied yet persistent and pervasive presence throughout the history of thought about ultimate reality - from the classical Greek theology of the philosophers to twenty-first-century debates in science and religion. Of interest to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this authoritative handbook draws on the very best of contemporary scholarship to present a critical overview of the subject area. Thirty-eight new essays trace the transformations of natural theology in different historical and religious contexts, the place of natural theology in different philosophical traditions and diverse scientific disciplines, and the various cultural and aesthetic approaches to natural theology to reveal a rich seam of multi-faceted theological reflection rooted in human nature and the environments within which we find ourselves.

Author : Kevin E. Lawson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621893684

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Understanding Children's Spirituality by Kevin E. Lawson Pdf

How important is childhood in the spiritual formation of a person? How do children experience God in the context of their lives as they grow? What does God do in the lives of children to draw them to himself and help them grow into a vital relationship with him? How can adults who care about children better support their spiritual growth and direct it toward relationship with God through Jesus Christ? These are critical questions that church leaders face as they consider how best to nurture the faith of the children God brings into our lives. In this book, over two dozen Christian scholars and ministry leaders explore important issues about the spiritual life of children and ways parents, church leaders, and others who care about children can promote their spiritual formation.

Author : Tess Cosslett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351896290

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Talking Animals in British Children's Fiction, 1786–1914 by Tess Cosslett Pdf

In her reappraisal of canonical works such as Black Beauty, Beautiful Joe, Wind in the Willows, and Peter Rabbit, Tess Cosslett traces how nineteenth-century debates about the human and animal intersected with, or left their mark on, the venerable genre of the animal story written for children. Effortlessly applying a range of critical approaches, from Bakhtinian ideas of the carnivalesque to feminist, postcolonial, and ecocritical theory, she raises important questions about the construction of the child reader, the qualifications of the implied author, and the possibilities of children's literature compared with literature written for adults. Perhaps most crucially, Cosslett examines how the issues of animal speech and animal subjectivity were managed, at a time when the possession of language and consciousness had become a vital sign of the difference between humans and animals. Topics of great contemporary concern, such as the relation of the human and the natural, masculine and feminine, child and adult, are investigated within their nineteenth-century contexts, making this an important book for nineteenth-century scholars, children's literature specialists, and historians of science and childhood.

Author : Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:319988058

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The Youth's Book on Natural Theology by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Pdf

Author : James M. M. Francis
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 3039100203

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Adults as Children by James M. M. Francis Pdf

This book is a study of the image of the child in the teaching of Jesus and the literature of the New Testament set against the background of the ancient world, the Old Testament and Judaism. It also reflects on the complex relationship between attitudes to children and the imaging of the child. It is suggested that child imagery serves, generally speaking, as a window on tradition, and in religious discourse in particular it offers perspectives on the relationship between believing and belonging. In exploring how child imagery informs the teaching of Jesus, it is argued that his own use of such imagery, whilst not unique, being influenced primarily by the wider imagery of Israel as God's son (child) and servant, is nevertheless distinctive. As a metaphor symbolising primarily a call to change and renewal, it conveys in microcosm the central themes of his message of the kingdom of God. The study goes on to explore the meanings of child imagery in the theologies of the Gospel writers and in other New Testament literary contexts.

Author : Othniel Talmadge Spence
Publisher : Foundations Bible College
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781882542093

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Deep Calleth Unto Deep by Othniel Talmadge Spence Pdf

An autobiography of the first twenty years of O. Talmadge Spence's life.