The Role of Prayer in the Development of Religious Cognitions
Co-Principal Investigator is Nicholas Shaman. Children’s religious concepts undergo significant transitions during the preschool years. Their understanding of ritual actions, God, and supernatural...
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Co-Principal Investigators include Henry Wellman and Margaret Evans. We examine the development of prayer concepts, specifically concepts of petitionary prayer that makes requests of divine beings....
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Remembering My mother used to tell the following story: My father was a rabbi in Houston, Texas, where I was born. In those days, rabbis and cantors wore long black gowns and squared hats on the...
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