The Living Water
3rd Sunday in Lent – Cycle A
As I have pointed out in my reflection of last week, during the first two Sundays of Lent every year we have the same themes. The gospel text of the 1stSunday of Lent is always about the temptations of Jesus – from the three synoptic Gospels according to the three year cycle. Similarly, the 2nd Sunday of Lent invites us to reflect on the story of Transfiguration. The remaining three Sundays before the Palm Sunday in Cycle A are special. The gospel passages are taken from the Gospel of John and they develop three central themes of our experience of Jesus that are particularly important for the catechumens – those adults who are preparing to be baptised during Easter:
Jesus, the Living Water (Jn 4: the Samaritan woman) – 3rd Sunday of Lent
Jesus, the […]
Religious Experience
Religious Experience in Childhood and Adolescence
A Summary of:
Tamminen, K. (1994). Religious Experiences in Childhood and Adolescence: A viewpoint of Religious Development Between the Ages of 7 and 20. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 4(2), 61-85.
Introduction
Kalevi Tamminen, the author of the present article was a professor at the University of Helsinki. He received the William James Award (Div 36/APA), in 1995. He has authored several articles and his major works include, Tamminen, K. (1991). Religious Development in Childhood and Youth: an Empirical Study.
This article, that reports only one aspect of a larger research project, is similar to other works that have been carried out elsewhere in the world. A few salient ones among them are,
Elkind, D. & Elkind, S.F. (1962). Varieties of religious experience in young adolescents.
Goldman, R. (1964). Religious Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence.
Cavalletti, S. (1992). Religious potential of the Child.
Hay, D. & Nye, R. (2006). The spirit of the child.
Tamminen […]