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003			OCoLC
005			20251028093316.0
008			110927s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2011039581
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781439196540
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020			_a9781439196540
020			_a1439196540
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050	0	0	_aBF 723 .G63 _bB37 2012
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100	1		_aBarrett, Justin L., _d1971-
245	1	0	_aBorn believers : _bthe science of children's religious belief / _cJustin L. Barrett.
250			_a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFree Press, _c2012.
300			_ax, 302 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aIn this book the author, a developmental psychologist and anthropologist, presents a theory that we are predisposed to believe in God from birth. It all begins in the brain. Infants, under the sway of powerful internal and external forces, make sense of their environments by imagining a creative and intelligent agent, a grand controller who makes the sun shine and the night fall. In the chaos of childhood, where so much is out of the child's control, this belief in a morally good creator can bring tremendous comfort and calm. A child's world is then filled with beings who intentionally act upon the environment, maintaining order. Summarizing scientific experiments conducted with children across the globe, the author illustrates the ways human beings have come to develop complex belief systems about God's omniscience, the afterlife, and the immortality of deities, and shows how this underlies all of the major world religions, uniting them under one common source.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index.
505	0	0	_tOn the train to Jaipur -- _tThe evidence. _tSecret agents everywhere ; _tChildren in search of a purpose ; _tIdentifying the Maker ; _tThe mind of God ; _tThe nature of God -- _tThe Implications. _tNatural religion ; _tIt's okay to be childish ; _tSo stupid they'll believe anything? ; _tIs atheism unnatural? ; _tShould you introduce children to God? ; _tEncouraging children's religious development.
650		0	_aFaith _xPsychology.
650		0	_aGod.
650		0	_aChild psychology.
650		0	_aChildren _xReligious life.
650		0	_aPsychology, Religious.
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