Worldview Religious Studies brings the study of religion, spirituality, secularism, and other mixed attitudes of life under the overarching scheme of worldview studies. This book introduces and defines worldviews more generally before establishing a framework specific to religious studies.
"This book describes child development and how it can be applied to practice with children. Developmental knowledge provides a framework for understanding children in relation to the tasks and issues relevant to their age. These, in turn, are determined by physical, social, emotional, and neurodevelopmental norms that transform in meaningful ways from birth through adolescence. Only with a sound grounding in this knowledge can we determine whether a child's emotions, thoughts, or behaviors fall within normal expectations. Part I, "Contexts of Development: A Transactional Approach," introduces the idea that the child's development is the outcome of the interplay of normative developmental maturation and the context within which it occurs. Part II, "The Course of Child Development," represents the core of the book, looking at childhood through the lens of discrete expected stages"--
D. J. Davies je autorem několika publikací, které se zabývají nejvýznamnějších aspektů smrti – aktem umírání, truchlení, pohřbu, interpretace smrti v umění, strachem ze smrti, chorobami a tragédiemi. Tato publikace nabízí přehledný a přesvědčivý celek, který pojednává o vztahu různých kultur k této otázce a o našich proměňujících se postojích vůči smrti.