Children’s Beliefs about Miracles
The goal of the present study was to assess the nature and development of children’s concepts of miracles — their understanding of what miracles are, their beliefs in miracles, and their use of miracles as an explanatory device. A total of 36 7–12-year-old children attending an Episcopal school were...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2017
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Journal of cognition and culture
Jahr: 2017, Band: 17, Heft: 1/2, Seiten: 73-93 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Explanation
miracles
religion
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| Zusammenfassung: | The goal of the present study was to assess the nature and development of children’s concepts of miracles — their understanding of what miracles are, their beliefs in miracles, and their use of miracles as an explanatory device. A total of 36 7–12-year-old children attending an Episcopal school were given a combination of tasks and structured interview questions. Parents filled out a family religiosity questionnaire. Results revealed multi-faceted conceptions of miracles, along with a high level of belief, and indicated that children considered miracles an effective explanatory construct. We apply these findings to the general question of how children learn to explain their world. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5373 |
| Enthält: | In: Journal of cognition and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342192 |