Edward Correia

Teaching Your Child About God in a Scientific World Edward Correia

Publisher Marketing: This book provides ideas for parents who want to teach their child about God but who want to do so consistently with the modern world and the discoveries of science. A central theme of Teaching Your Child about God is that "there are other ways to conceive of God besides the anthropomorphic being we learned about as children. Chapters in Teaching Your Child about God discuss survey data showing what children around the world believe about God. Other chapters address what Correia calls "thinking lessons," by which he means the rational side of religion, "loving lessons," by which he means the relationship between loving God and loving others, and "feeling lessons," the relationship between God and self-acceptance. Other chapters discuss the role of God in moral development, the role of prayer in a scientific world, and the special problems of children who have become addicted to drugs or alcohol. The book concludes with an Appendix that describes the major religions of the world in a clear, objective and readable way. Correia argues that such a reference guide can be helpful because: "Knowing the basics of what others believe helps us bridge the gap of misunderstanding that can create barriers between groups." Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2012 (EAN 9781478153337, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Correia, Edward Edward Correia is a Washington, D. C. attorney and President of a law firm, Correia & Osolinik. He is also an Adjunct Professor at American University's Washington College of Law. He was an attorney with Latham & Watkins, LLP, for ten years before starting his own firm. Correia worked as a senior lawyer for the Senate Judiciary Committee, serving as Chief Counsel for Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. He also served in the Clinton Administration as Special Counsel to the President for Civil Rights in the White House. Correia was a Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston and was selected as the law school's first Urban Law and Public Policy Distinguished Professor. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and serves as Co-Chair of its Public Policy Committee. In 2010, he was given a Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences. Correia is the author of THE UNCERTAIN BELIEVER: RECONCILING GOD AND SCIENCE (2009, 2011), a novel, THE GEORGE WASHINGTON CONSTELLATION (2012), TEACHING YOUR CHILD ABOUT GOD IN A SCIENTIFIC WORLD (2012), and a sequel to his first novel, ELYSIA, released in 2014. Correia has also published over thirty articles on legal and policy topics. Correia lives with his wife Carolyn Osolinik in Bethesda, Maryland. They have three children, Max, Lilla and Mim.