Religion is natural

Developmental Science - Tập 10 Số 1 - Trang 147-151 - 2007
Paul Bloom1
1Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA. [email protected]

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Abstract

Despite its considerable intellectual interest and great social relevance, religion has been neglected by contemporary developmental psychologists. But in the last few years, there has been an emerging body of research exploring children's grasp of certain universal religious ideas. Some recent findings suggest that two foundational aspects of religious belief – belief in mind–body dualism, and belief in divine agents – come naturally to young children. This research is briefly reviewed, and some future directions are discussed.

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