Religious Socialization, Education, and the Perceptions of Heaven among First-Grade Muslim Children in Kuwait
In many religious communities, children encounter rigorous and continuous processes of religious socialization and education that impact their cognitive development. However, little research has been conducted on children’s perceptions of religion and religious concepts. This research explores perce...
| Published in: | Religious education |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2020]
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| In: |
Religious education
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kuwait
/ Elementary school child
/ Cognitive development
/ Religious development
/ Islam
/ Heaven
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| RelBib Classification: | AH Religious education BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Heaven
B Religious Socialization B religious concepts |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | In many religious communities, children encounter rigorous and continuous processes of religious socialization and education that impact their cognitive development. However, little research has been conducted on children’s perceptions of religion and religious concepts. This research explores perceptions of Heaven as a core concept in Islamic faith among 202 first-grade Muslim children, within the social context of Kuwait as a Muslim-majority country. In accordance with the perspectives of social learning theorists on child cognitive development, the findings of this research offer a further example of how social surroundings can inform the cognitive development of children in relation to religious concepts. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2020.1816250 |