Bloom Paul
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA.
Dev Sci. 2007 Jan;10(1):147-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00577.x.
Despite its considerable intellectual interest and great social relevance, religion has been neglected by contemporary developmental psychologists. But in the last few years, there has been an emerging body of research exploring children's grasp of certain universal religious ideas. Some recent findings suggest that two foundational aspects of religious belief - belief in mind-body dualism, and belief in divine agents -- come naturally to young children. This research is briefly reviewed, and some future directions are discussed.
尽管宗教具有相当大的学术价值和重大的社会意义，但它却一直被当代发展心理学家所忽视。不过在过去几年里，出现了一批探索儿童对某些普遍宗教观念理解的研究。最近的一些研究结果表明，宗教信仰的两个基本方面——身心二元论信仰和对神灵的信仰——对幼儿来说是自然而然形成的。本文对这项研究进行了简要回顾，并探讨了一些未来的研究方向。
