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Abstract: . . . Learning: Cognitive Instruction in the Content Areas, ASCD, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Elmhurst, IL., 1987. Taylor, Marvin J. (Editor), Changing Patterns of Religious Education, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tenn., 1983. Trotter, W., Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, MacMillan, New York, 1919. Wentz, Richard E., Why Do People Do Bad Things in the Name of Religion, Mercer University Press, Macon, GA., 1987. White, E. G., Education, Pacific Press, Boise, ID., 1952. White, E. G., The Ministry of Healing, Pacific Press, Boise, ID., 1942. . . . . . . psychodynamics Page 1 65 THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION By Robert Egbert Prepared for ICCT Conference 1988 005-88 Institute for Christian Teaching 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA Page 2 66 THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION By Robert Egbert Introduction As of 1924 psychologists identified 5,684 instincts – 83 of them religious. The claim was that religion was innate, unlearned, and biological in origin. In Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, W. Trotter felt that religion was an expression of the basic "herd instinct" (Trotter, 1919). Some have said that religion is a need for meaning and control but that it involves anxieties and fears, although William James, in his book Habit, . . . . . . Postman, Neil and Weingartner, Charles, Teaching as a Subversive Activity, Dell Pub., New York, 1969. Sloat, David E., The Dangers of Growing Up in a Christian Home, Thomas Nelson Pub., New York, 1986. Spilka, Bernard, The Psychology of Religion, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985. ---Strategic Teaching and Learning: Cognitive Instruction in the Content Areas, ASCD, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Elmhurst, IL., 1987. Taylor, Marvin J. (Editor), Changing Patterns of Religious Education, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tenn., 1983. Trotter, W., Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, MacMillan, New York, 1919. Wentz, Richard E., Why Do People Do Bad Things in the Name of Religion, Mercer University Press, Macon, GA., 1987. White, E. G., Education, Pacific Press, Boise, ID., 1952. White, E. G., The Ministry of Healing, Pacific Press, Boise, ID., 1942. . . . --3000,3,500,2408,28221
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