Anthropomorphism or Preparedness? Exploring Children's God Concepts

Historically, the development of God concepts in human cognition has been explained anthropomorphically. In other words, for children especially, God is a big, superhuman who lives in the sky. Recent empirical research on the development of these concepts may suggest an alternative hypothesis. In th...

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Authors: Barrett, Justin L. (Author) ; Richert, Rebekah A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2003
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2003, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 300-312
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