Imagining the Impossible: Magical, Scientific, and Religious Thinking in Children Book

Preface;

1. The makings of the magical mind: the nature of function of sympathetic magical thinking Carol Nemeroff and Paul Rozin;
2. Phenomenalistic perception and rational understanding in the mind of an individual: a fight for dominance Eugene Subbotsky;
3. Metamorphosis and magic: the development of children's thinking about possible events and plausible mechanisms Karl S. Rosengren and Anne K. Hickling;
4. The development of beliefs about metaphysical causality in imagination, magic and religion Jacqui Woolley;
5. Intuitive ontology and cultural input in the acquisition of religious concepts Pascal Boyer and Sheila Walker;
6. On not falling down to earth: children's metaphysical questions Paul L. Harris;
7. Putting different things together: the development of metaphysical thinking Carl N. Johnson;
8. Versions of personal story telling;versions of experience: genres as tools for creating alternate realities Peggy J. Miller, Julia Hengst, Kristin Alexander and Linda L. Sperry;
9. The influence of culture on fantasy play: the case of Mennonite children Marjorie Taylor and Stephanie M. Carlson;
10. Religion, culture, and beliefs about reality in moral reasoning Elliot Turiel and Kristin Neff;
11. Beyond scopes: why creationism is here to stay E. Margaret Evans;
12. Knowledge change in response to date in science, religion, and magic Clark A. Chinn and William F. Brewer;
13. Theology and physical science: a story of developmental influence at the boundaries David E. Schrader.