Turning Water into Wine: Young Children's Conception of the Impossible

Young children judge that violations of ordinary, causal constraints are impossible. Yet children's religious beliefs typically include the assumption that such violations can occur via divine agency in the form of miracles. We conducted two studies to examine this potential conflict. In Study...

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Authors: Orozco-Giraldo, Consuelo (Author) ; Harris, Paul L. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 219-243
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Child (5-6 Jahre) / Religious education / Miracle story / Omnipotence / Impossibility (Philosophy)
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
Further subjects:B Miracles
B Children
B Possibility
B Judgment
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