Integrative Model of Children's Representations of God in Drawings

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A part of a book
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Chapter: chapter ou part
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Title
Integrative Model of Children's Representations of God in Drawings
Title of the book
When Children Draw Gods
Author(s)
Brandt Pierre-Yves, Dandarova-Robert Zhargalma, Dessart Grégory, Muthert Hanneke, Schaap-Jonker Hanneke
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISBN
9783030944285
9783030944292
ISSN
2367-3494
2367-3508
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Chapter
2
Pages
15-42
Language
english
Abstract
When confronted with being asked to “draw god”, children have to solve a problem; they are being asked to produce a visual representation of an entity that they have never seen. Resources for solving this problem are available within the child’s cultural context: The shape of the figure itself may be based on various reli- gious representations of gods, iconic figurations of supernatural agents in fictional artefacts (paintings, movies, cartoons even in advertisement), various valences may be attributed to colours or to different parts of an image composition, etc. The draw- ings produced by children depend also on their cognitive abilities to grasp the con- cept of god, their emotional abilities to express the accompanying feelings, their creativity and artistic skills. In representing god, children have to solve additional problems. For example, connotations of the concept of god can awaken attachment bonds to parental figures; religious prohibitions against representations of god can be in conflict with the task of drawing god. The purpose of this work is to integrate the results presented in parts II-V of this book, and to articulate the different factors in an integrated model that outlines possible strategies used to carry out the project of drawing god.
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