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 […]