When Children Draw Gods

Chapter 1. Integrative model of children''s representations of god in drawings (Pierre-Yves Brandt, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Grégory Dessart, Hanneke Muthert, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker).- Chapter 2. Anthropomorphizing and de-anthropomorphizing supernatural agency: From conceptual strategies to their theological implications(Grégory Dessart, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Pierre-Yves Brandt).- Chapter 3. Gender-typing god representations: Socio-normative constraints and ontological significance (Grégory Dessart, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Pierre-Yves Brandt).- Chapter 4. Where gods dwell? Spatial imagery in children''s drawings of gods(Zhargalma Dandarova-Robert, Christelle Cocco, Grégory Dessart, Pierre -Yves Brandt).-Chapter 5. The colour of god(s): Early processing mechanisms of an all-powerful entity as depicted through colour choices in drawings of gods(Christelle Cocco, Christine Mohr, Domicele Jonauskaite, Zhargalma Dandarova-Robert, Pierre-Yves Brandt).-Chapter 6. Numerical analyses of children''s drawings of god(s): an approach based on computer vision and mathematical methods (Christelle Cocco, Raphaël Ceré).-Chapter 7. Emotional expression in children''s drawings of God according to age, gender and religiosity(Richard P. Jolley, Grégory Dessart).-Chapter 8. Different attachment styles in relation to children''s drawings of God: a qualitative and quantitative exploration, (Hanneke Muthert, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker).- Chapter 9. Iranian children''s drawings of God: demographic and contextual considerations (Mohammad Khodayarifard, Reza Pourhosein, Shahla Pakdaman, Saeid Zandi).-Chapter 10. The first discoveries and the challenges of researching representations of gods in a continental country such as Brazil (Alberto Domeniconi Küntgen-Nery, Camila Mendonça Torres).-Chapter 11. Representing the gods of ancient Israel and Judah (Thomas Römer).-Chapter 12. The representation of God in Islam and its prohibition: strategies used by Iranian children in drawings of God (Zahra Astaneh).-Chapter 13. Natural and supernatural agents: children''s representations of gods and dead entities (Ramiro Tau).-Chapter 14. Shaping digital tools, equipping children drawings (Dominique Vinck, Pierre-Nicolas Oberhauser).-Chapter 15. An innovative open-access database: "Drawings of gods" ( Olga Serbaeva).-Chapter 16. Children''s drawings of gods: the dynamics and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration (Frédéric Darbellay).-Chapter 17. Contributions and limitations of the methodology of drawings for studying children''s representations of god (Pierre-Yves Brandt, Zhargalma Dandarova Robert, Dominique Vinck, Frédéric Darbellay).