The purpose of this course is to provide students with a multidimensional understanding of the developmental foundations of religious perception, emotion, thought, and behavior by examining the individual's religious/spiritual developmental process from childhood to adulthood. This course aims to equip students with an understanding of classical and contemporary theories of religious development, the impact of developmental stages on religious life, and the processes of interaction with the cultural-religious environment.

This course examines the historical background, research areas, and fundamental concepts of religious developmental psychology. It examines the evolution of religious perception, religious emotion, conscience development, conception of God, moral reasoning, religious identity, and spirituality across childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood. The approaches of developmental theorists such as Freud, Jung, Piaget, Erikson, Fowler, Goldman, Elkind, and Oser are comparatively evaluated. The roles of family, education, culture, social interaction, and life events in religious development are discussed. Religious doubt, transformation, crisis, post-traumatic spiritual development, spiritual quests in modern society, and shifting forms of religiosity are supported by case examples and current empirical findings.