Love and Guilt-Oriented Dimensions of Christian Belief
Four dimensions of religious belief related to the Love-Guilt complex in Christian theology were proposed along with a fifth dimension of Conventionalism or culture-oriented belief. A universe of items thought to tap these dimensions was administered to 160 students from three seminaries in Southern...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[1973]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1973, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-64 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Attitude scales B Religious prejudice B Conventionalism B Christianity B social engagement B Spiritual love B Guilt B Religiosity |
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| Summary: | Four dimensions of religious belief related to the Love-Guilt complex in Christian theology were proposed along with a fifth dimension of Conventionalism or culture-oriented belief. A universe of items thought to tap these dimensions was administered to 160 students from three seminaries in Southern California and the data were submitted to a Likert scaling technique. The final scales measured Guilt-oriented, Love-oriented (both Self-centered and Other-centered), and Culture-oriented (or Conventional) religiosity. Except for Conventionalism, the scales were essentially unrelated to the Allport-Ross Extrinsic and Intrinsic scales. All scales were unrelated to social class. The Guilt and Love-Self scales were positively related to each other and to Conventionalism. The Love-Other scale was negatively correlated with Guilt and uncorrelated with Love-Self and Conventionalism. The Love-Other scale was positively related to a Guttman-type scale of Attitudes Toward Church Involvement in Social Action, and the Allport-Ross Extrinsic scale was unrelated to Church Involvement. All other scales were negatively related to Church Involvement. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1384954 |
