When Children Draw Gods : : A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach to Children's Representations of Supernatural Agents / / edited by Pierre-Yves Brandt, Zhargalma Dandarova-Robert, Christelle Cocco, Dominique Vinck, Frédéric Darbellay.

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 un...

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Superior document:New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion, 12
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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, Imprint: Springer,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Language:English
Series:New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion, 12
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (569 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Integrative model of children's representations of god in drawings (Pierre-Yves Brandt, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Grégory Dessart, Hanneke Muthert, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker)
  • Chapter 2. Anthropomorphizing and de-anthropomorphizing supernatural agency: From conceptual strategies to their theological implications( Grégory Dessart, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Pierre-Yves Brandt)
  • Chapter 3. Gender-typing god representations: Socio-normative constraints and ontological significance ( Grégory Dessart, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Pierre-Yves Brandt)
  • Chapter 4. Where gods dwell? Spatial imagery in children’s drawings of gods( Zhargalma Dandarova-Robert, Christelle Cocco, Grégory Dessart, Pierre -Yves Brandt)
  • Chapter 5. The colour of god(s): Early processing mechanisms of an all-powerful entity as depicted through colour choices in drawings of gods (Christelle Cocco, Christine Mohr, Domicele Jonauskaite, Zhargalma Dandarova-Robert, Pierre-Yves Brandt)
  • Chapter 6. Numerical analyses of children’s drawings of god(s): an approach based on computer vision and mathematical methods (Christelle Cocco, Raphaël Ceré)
  • Chapter 7. Emotional expression in children’s drawings of God according to age, gender and religiosity (Richard P. Jolley, Grégory Dessart)
  • Chapter 8. Different attachment styles in relation to children's drawings of God: a qualitative and quantitative exploration, (Hanneke Muthert, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker)
  • Chapter 9. Iranian children’s drawings of God: demographic and contextual considerations (Mohammad Khodayarifard, Reza Pourhosein, Shahla Pakdaman, Saeid Zandi)
  • Chapter 10. The first discoveries and the challenges of researching representations of gods in a continental country such as Brazil (Alberto Domeniconi Küntgen-Nery, Camila Mendonça Torres)
  • Chapter 11. Representing the gods of ancient Israel and Judah (Thomas Römer)
  • Chapter 12. The representation of God in Islam and its prohibition: strategies used by Iranian children in drawings of God (Zahra Astaneh)
  • Chapter 13. Natural and supernatural agents: children’s representations of gods and dead entities (Ramiro Tau)
  • Chapter 14. Shaping digital tools, equipping children drawings (Dominique Vinck, Pierre-Nicolas Oberhauser)
  • Chapter 15. An innovative open-access database: “Drawings of gods” ( Olga Serbaeva)
  • Chapter 16. Children’s drawings of gods: the dynamics and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration (Frédéric Darbellay)
  • Chapter 17. Contributions and limitations of the methodology of drawings for studying children's representations of god (Pierre-Yves Brandt, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Dominique Vinck, Frédéric Darbellay).