Spring 2004

 

 

Jared Alden Individual Research Project
Theistic Science Lectures for Children

 

 

Dr. Leon James, Instructor
University of Hawaii

leon@hawaii.edu
and

Dr. Sonia Werner
Academy of the New Church

 SSWerner@newchurch.edu

 

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 Reading List -- Articles by Dr. Leon James

 

Lecture Notes on Theistic Psychology (2004)

          www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/theistic-psychology.htm

 

New Church Education With Dualist Concepts

            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/newchurch-education.html

 

Theistic Science (1998)

            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/instructor/gloss/theistic.html

 

The Fourteen Scientific Fallacies in Swedenborg's AC 5084: Implications for Science Education (1996)

            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/instructor/fallacies.html

  

Spiritual and Bible Correspondences (1981-2004)
            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/instructor/gloss/correspondences.html

Religion Projects for Children by Dr. Sonia Werner, et. al.
            www.newchurchvineyard.org/2002oct/sunday/arktwointer.pdf
            www.newchurchvineyard.org/2002oct/sunday/arkprschl.pdf

 

Spiritual Psychology:  The Mental Technology of Self-Witnessing

            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/nc-self-witnessing.htm

  

Spiritual Geography: The Horizontal and Vertical Communities of our Dual Citizenship (1984)

            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499ss99/man/citizenship.html

 

  The Dimensions of the Mind According to Emanuel Swedenborg (1982)

            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499f99/dimensions/dimensions.html

 

  Spiritual Psychology: Groundwork for our Science (1990)

            www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/instructor/gloss/spirpsy.html

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Each lecture or module should consist of

(a) some text

(b) a diagram

(c) an exercise

(d) some vocabulary to memorize with definitions

(e) a brief relevant quotation from the Writings.

 

The length should be what can be covered in a 45-min. class. Complex topics should be covered in two or more lectures. The topics should be sequenced so they build cumulative knowledge.

 

One approach might be to focus on just a few topics -- three or four, and write them at different age levels, e.g., ages 4, 7, 12, and 18. 

 

Key topics to consider: 

1. God

2. The Threefold Word of God

3. Swedenborg's experiences and the Writings

4. Heaven and hell

5. Regeneration and character reformation

6. Dying and resuscitation

7. Conjugial love and marriage