兒童的宗教參與對父母教養和宗教參與的影響:以法鼓山悟寶兒童營為例=The Effect of Children’s Religious Attendance on Parenting and Parental Religious Involvement: The Study of Dharma Drum Wubao Children’s Workshop
All religious organizations make great efforts on promoting their religious beliefs to children. Since 1993, Dharma Drum Mountain have established summer camps for kids at many branches around Taiwan. 1993 is the turning point for the development of Dharma Drum Mountain, because the founder of Dharma Drum Mountain—Master Sheng Yen—promoting his idea of protecting spiritual environment to Taiwanese Society. Therefore, Dharma Drum Mountain’s kids camps make use of popular teaching methods like drama or DIY in terms of its core concept of protecting spiritual environment to instill Buddhist faith and practice into children. In 2017, Dharma Drum Mountain’s Youth Development Section promoted Wubao Children’s Workshop to the public and it has became one of the most popular annul activities of Dharm Drum Mountain. The purpose of this study is to explore how the effect of children’s attendance on Dharma Drum Wubao Children’s Workshop on parenting and parental religious involvement. In addition, this study also investigates how parents pass their religion on to their children.
