Ways to Deepen the Religious Beliefs of Children and Teenagers

Document Type : Original Article

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10.22081/ofogh.2019.68532

Abstract

What makes the educators and parents' methods suffer evidently is the "superficial, formal, and shallow" teaching of religion to children and  "lack of deepening of religious beliefs"; This also happens with paying attention to the external factors rather than the internal ones as well as focusing on religious appearances and actions rather than the principles of religious beliefs and values. Internalization, which is considered as an important factor in deepening the religious beliefs in psychology, is an important way to get rid of this educational damage, because internalizing a value and virtue is the deepest and most stable response to social influence. In this article, by explaining the key concepts and different educational approaches, we have explained the importance of deepening beliefs in religious texts and by referring to religious texts, we have reached organized methods regarding deepening religious beliefs which this article strives to put forth with a new layout.

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