Cultivating Care: Developmentally Reframing the Religious Nurture of Young Children

Decety et al. posited that family religiosity has a negative effect on children's altruism. However, a constructive reading of developmental psychologists suggests that religious nurture can enhance young children's moral development. Bloom and Harris offered evidence that infants and todd...

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Published in:Religious education
Main Author: Yust, Karen Marie 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2019]
In: Religious education
Year: 2019, Volume: 114, Issue: 1, Pages: 82-90
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Small child / Religious education / Pro-social behavior
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NCB Personal ethics
NCC Social ethics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:Decety et al. posited that family religiosity has a negative effect on children's altruism. However, a constructive reading of developmental psychologists suggests that religious nurture can enhance young children's moral development. Bloom and Harris offered evidence that infants and toddlers exhibit moral sensibilities and preschoolers engage the world through charitable epistemologies primed toward consensus and care. Engel provided insight into the role of curiosity in exploring difference in the world. Taken together, their findings suggest new ways that religious nurture might promote prosocial behaviors congruent with religious and social tolerance.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2018.1529468