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oapen-20.500.12657-607772024-03-27T14:15:06Z When Children Draw Gods Brandt, Pierre-Yves Dandarova-Robert, Zhargalma Cocco, Christelle Vinck, Dominique Darbellay, Frédéric Anthropomorphism and God Children’s Drawings of God Children and Religion Children’s Representation of Supernatural Agents Computer Vision in Psychology Drawings of God(s) Gender and God in Drawings Intercultural Analysis of Children’s Drawings Interdisciplinary Approach of Images Intercultural Database of Children's Drawings children's drawing of god accross cultures thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAM Religious issues and debates thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies This open access book explores how children draw god. It looks at children’s drawings collected in a large variety of cultural and religious traditions. Coverage demonstrates the richness of drawing as a method for studying representations of the divine. In the process, it also contributes to our understanding of this concept, its origins, and its development. This intercultural work brings together scholars from different disciplines and countries, including Switzerland, Japan, Russia, Iran, Brazil, and the Netherlands. It does more than share the results of their research and analysis. The volume also critically examines the contributions and limitations of this methodology. In addition, it also reflects on the new empirical and theoretical perspectives within the broader framework of the study of this concept. The concept of god is one of the most difficult to grasp. This volume offers new insights by focusing on the many different ways children depict god throughout the world. Readers will discover the importance of spatial imagery and color choices in drawings of god. They will also learn about how the divine's emotional expression correlates to age, gender, and religiosity as well as strategies used by children who are prohibited from representing their god. 2023-01-20T16:53:10Z 2023-01-20T16:53:10Z 2023 book ONIX_20230120_9783030944292_5 9783030944292 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60777 eng New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-94429-2.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-94429-2 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-94429-2 10.1007/978-3-030-94429-2 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 9783030944292 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Springer International Publishing 12 569 Cham [...] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung Swiss National Science Foundation open access
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This open access book explores how children draw god. It looks at children’s drawings collected in a large variety of cultural and religious traditions. Coverage demonstrates the richness of drawing as a method for studying representations of the divine. In the process, it also contributes to our understanding of this concept, its origins, and its development. This intercultural work brings together scholars from different disciplines and countries, including Switzerland, Japan, Russia, Iran, Brazil, and the Netherlands. It does more than share the results of their research and analysis. The volume also critically examines the contributions and limitations of this methodology. In addition, it also reflects on the new empirical and theoretical perspectives within the broader framework of the study of this concept. The concept of god is one of the most difficult to grasp. This volume offers new insights by focusing on the many different ways children depict god throughout the world. Readers will discover the importance of spatial imagery and color choices in drawings of god. They will also learn about how the divine's emotional expression correlates to age, gender, and religiosity as well as strategies used by children who are prohibited from representing their god.
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