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Natural Theological Understanding in Children from Different Religious Cultures: Evidence and Theory
Dr Olivera Petrovich

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Research findings from several studies suggest that even pre-school children construct theological concepts in the context of their everyday understanding of the physical world. The current paper reports empirical evidence obtained from pre-school children in UK and Japan, on the one hand, and from primary school children enrolled in different faith schools in UK (Catholic, Church of England, Evangelical, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim), on the other. In total, 151 Japanese and 169 UK pre-school children participated in two comparative studies, and 403 school children from 13 faith schools in UK took part in a separate project.

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Recorded: Sydney, Australia, July 2007

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Natural Theological Understanding in Children from Different Religious Cultures: Evidence and Theory	Olivera Petrovich	50'11
Natural Theological Understanding in Children from Different Religious Cultures: Evidence and Theory	Olivera Petrovich
Natural Theological Understanding in Children from Different Religious Cultures: Evidence and Theory	Olivera Petrovich

Dr Olivera Petrovich

Olivera Petrovich obtained her first degree in psychology from the University of Belgrade. A one year scholarship from The British Council enabled her to come to Oxford and embark on research of childhood artificialism, which culminated in a doctoral thesis thanks to a generous grant from The Roblee Foundation (US).
Olivera Petrovich is a member of two faculties in the University of Oxford: Department of Experimental Psychology, where she conducts empirical research and lectures in Developmental Questions in Science and Religion, and the Faculty of Theology at Wolfson College, where her responsibilities include teaching and examining in the Psychology of Religion. She lectures on topics at the interface of psychology and theology. Projects include the psychological research of religion in human development across the lifespan and in different cultures; the nature of religious understanding and the origin of religious concepts (especially the concept of God); religious cognition and moral development; and religious education.
Her forthcoming book, The Child’s Theory of the World, will be published by Psychology Press.