Understanding Parables: A Developmental Analysis.

Bucher, Anton A.

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ERIC Number: EJ431729

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Understanding Parables: A Developmental Analysis.

Bucher, Anton A.

New Directions for Child Development, n52 p101-06 Sum 1991

The development of understanding of Biblical parables on the part of 28 Swiss subjects of 7 to 50 years of age was studied. It was found that Biblical parables were interpreted through the lens of one's stage of religious judgment in the manner described by Oser's and Gmunder's (1988) model. (BB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Biblical Literature, Children, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Evaluative Thinking, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Interpretive Skills, Religion

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Switzerland

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