The paradox of faith: how existential concerns motivate both prosocial and antisocial religious behaviors

2020 ◽  
pp. 435-454
Author(s):  
Spee Kosloff ◽  
Sheldon Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Religious Behaviors ◽  
Existential Concerns

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD-IMAGE AND RELIGIOUS BEHAVIORS

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHLEEN J. BUCHKO
Keyword(s):  
God Image ◽  
Religious Behaviors

Who Is a Bhakta?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gil Ben-Herut
Keyword(s):  
Religious Behaviors ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
The Ideal

Chapter 2 considers the multiple ways in which the characters of the Ragaḷegaḷu embody the ideal of worshiping Śiva and seeks to identify the constitutive and recognizable component that is shared among the various model devotees that populate the corpus. I argue in the chapter that such a component can be located in the interiority of the Bhakta figure, an interiority that is indicated in the Ragaḷegaḷu through a specific set of key terms, the element that is most clearly shared among the text’s bewildering variety of Śaiva characters with their different religious behaviors, and is expressed through actions that point to an uncompromising devotional stance.

scholarly journals The Moderating Impact of Attending Services on the Effect of Older Adults’ Discrimination Experiences on Loneliness

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 323-323
Author(s):  
Dahee Kim ◽  
Kyuho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Religious Behaviors ◽  
Religious Services ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Research has shown that perceived discriminations impact physical and mental health in later life. Discrimination experiences could make older adults consider themselves as a social misfit and decrease their social interactions, which finally increases their loneliness. Religious behaviors has been reported as a key factor of a lower sense of isolation. Considering that religious behaviors provide opportunities to engage in more extensive social networks and have supportive social ties with community members, attending religious services might decrease the impact of older adults’ perceived discrimination on loneliness. The current research aims to examine the moderating role of religious services attendance in the association between older adults’ perceived discrimination and loneliness. We used data of 4,488 adults aged 50 to 80 (M=66.27, SD=10.15) from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) collected in 2012 and 2014. Linear regression analysis was performed to investigate whether older adults’ religious service attendance might decrease the impact of their perceived discriminations in daily life on the level of loneliness. The results indicated that more perceived discriminations older adults face on a daily basis were significantly associated with higher levels of loneliness. However, participants who frequently attended religious services showed a lower impact of perceived discriminations on their loneliness. These findings highlight the positive effects of engaging in religious activities on discriminated older adults’ social well-being. These findings also emphasize the role of the religious community as a social resource for socially marginalized older adults.

Existential concerns in late stage cancer

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Griffiths ◽  
L Norton ◽  
G Wagstaff ◽  
J Brunas-Wagstaff
Keyword(s):  
Late Stage ◽  
Late Stage Cancer ◽  
Existential Concerns

Religious Involvement and Prostate Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Southeastern African American Men

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Holt ◽  
Theresa A. Wynn ◽  
Jasmine Darrington
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Digital Rectal Examination ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Religious Behaviors

This study examined the relationship between religious involvement and prostate cancer screening behavior among a probability sample of 199 African American men. Religious involvement was assessed by telephone via a multidimensional instrument. Engaging in religious behaviors was predictive of reporting a digital rectal examination (DRE) within the past year. Religious beliefs and behaviors were predictive of behavioral intention for DRE in the next 6 months. Religious behaviors were predictive of reporting an appointment for a DRE in the next 6 months. All analyses were controlled for age, education, and marital status. None of the predictions were significant for prostate-specific antigen testing. Understanding the role of religious involvement in cancer beliefs and screening is important. Such knowledge can inform educational interventions for this group, which is disproportionately affected by prostate cancer.

Mentoring Youth for Joy in Anxious Times

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Allan Hugh Cole ◽  
Philip Browning Helsel
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Stages Of Faith ◽  
Existential Concerns

Abstract In this article, the authors set forward a theory of joy built upon adolescent development and describe how anxiety sometimes interferes. They elaborate why adolescence is a time of joy and the type of future-oriented adolescent imagination that fosters joy. Describing adolescent development from neurological, biological, social, sexual orientation, racial identity, and stages of faith perspectives, they show how joy and development are linked in adolescent flourishing. After defining anxiety, showing its prevalence, and distinguishing it from worry they indicate how the existential concerns of anxiety interferes with joy and how mentorship can help. Exploring pertinent Scriptures, they examine some ameliorative effects against anxiety through attachment based play that challenges a competitive culture and mentorship that evokes already-emergent strengths.

scholarly journals The use of transitional space in psychotherapy with the existential concerns of borderline experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolph Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Transitional Space ◽  
Existential Concerns

Este documento describe la experiencia del estado de conciencia de transición que facilita el proceso continuo de psicoterapia dentro de los estados límites. El documento se centra en la utilización de los estados de transición de conciencia para que la experiencia existencial de una persona en situación límite se pueda transformar. Los déficits particulares de ego-yo de la situación límite se elaboran desde un punto de vista existencial de relaciones de auto-objeto. La preocupación límite es profundamente existencial y ontológica. El espacio de transición de la conciencia es la puerta de entrada a nuestra encarnación del campo del Ser, que es el campo del Ser.

scholarly journals As virtudes pós-morte. O imaginário cristão sobre práticas virtuosas em favor da salvação da alma no purgatório

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (300) ◽  
pp. 910
Author(s):  
Volney José Berkenbrock ◽  
Lidiane Almeida Niero
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Religious Behaviors

Síntese: Este texto tem por objetivo recuperar a formação do imaginário cristão sobre o pós-morte, com o intuito de demonstrar o leque de concepções envolvidas que aos poucos foram tomando forma em diversas ações da vida cotidiana. Serão abordados alguns elementos desse imaginário, que ajudarão na compreensão das condições que podem influenciar o processo de purificação da alma após a morte. Aqui, as virtudes pós-morte ganham destaque. Impulsionadas pela ideia do purgatório, as atividades virtuosas são entendidas pelos vivos como meio de abreviar o sofrimento. Os mecanismos utilizados em socorro da alma foram detectados a partir de uma pesquisa que teve como fonte testamentos registrados na comarca do Rio das Mortes, durante o século XVIII, e que foram fundamentais na tentativa de resgatar sentidos impressos nas práticas e nas condutas religiosas dos testadores da região.Palavras-Chave: Morte. Virtudes. Purificação. Testamentos.Abstract: This text aims to recover formation Christian imaginary formation about the postmortem in order to demonstrate the range of concepts involved and were gradually taking shape in various actions of everyday life. Some elements of this imaginary will be addressed, which will help in understanding the conditions that can influence the process of purification of the soul after death. Here, the postmortem virtues are highlighted. Driven by the idea of purgatory, the virtuous activities are meant for the living as means to shorten the suffering. The mechanisms used in relief of the soul were detected from a research that was to supply by the registered wills in Rio das Mortes district, during the eighteenth century, and who were instrumental in the attempt to rescue printed meaning of practices and religious behaviors of testers in this region.Keywords: Death. Virtue. Purification. Wills.

Epilogue

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craige B. Champion
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Historical Explanation ◽  
Religious Influences ◽  
Religious Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Interpretation Model

In conclusion, the book has drawn on various perspectives and on the notion of elite-instrumentalism to elucidate the religious practices of the Roman ruling elite in the days of the Middle Republic. It has investigated the religious behaviors of republican elites based on three categories: domi, focusing on the state religion and its formal structures in the capital; militiae, with emphasis on the religious preoccupations and actions of generals in the field of military operations; and domi militiaeque, taking into account the relationship between traditional religion in Rome and external religious influences. Finding the elite-instrumentalist interpretation/model to be inadequate as a primary mode of historical explanation, the book has drawn on various theories in order to offer provisional alternatives, including the psychological theory of cognitive dissonance, as well as those gained from studies in anthropology and cultural theory.

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