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Belief, culture, & development: Insights from studying the development of religious beliefs and behaviors
Rebekah A Richert1, Kara Weisman1, Kirsten A Lesage2
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States.
Abstract:
We describe the theoretical and methodological contributions of a cultural and developmental approach to the study of religious belief and behavior. We focus on how the study of religious development can provide a foothold into answering some key questions in developmental science: What is belief? What is culture? What is the nature of human development? Throughout the chapter, we provide examples of methodological innovations that have emerged over the course of the first year of a global, collaborative research project into the development of religious beliefs and behaviors.
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