When Children Draw Gods A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach to Children's Representations of Supernatural Agents

• Tác giả khác: Brandt, Pierre-Yves (Biên tập viên), Dandarova-Robert, Zhargalma (Biên tập viên), Cocco, Christelle (Biên tập viên), Vinck, Dominique (Biên tập viên), Darbellay, Frédéric (Biên tập viên)
• Định dạng: Điện tử Chương của sách
• Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh
• Được phát hành: Cham Springer Nature 2023
• Loạt: New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion 12
• Những chủ đề: Religion & beliefs; Psychology; Religious issues & debates; Interdisciplinary studies; 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
• Truy cập trực tuyến: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Tóm tắt

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.

Mô tả vật lý

1 electronic resource (569 p.)

số ISBN

978-3-030-94429-2
9783030944292

Truy cập

Open Access