The creative role of doubt in religion
This essay contains four arguments in defense of the creative role of doubt in religion. Within a specified framework or context it is argued that: 1) creative doubt is a means of constructively acknowledging human finitude, 2) creative doubt can play a role in keeping one's fundamental beliefs...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1980]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 1980, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 172-179 |
| Further subjects: | B
Creative Role
B Religious Symbol B Fundamental Belief B Religious Language B Human Finitude |
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| Summary: | This essay contains four arguments in defense of the creative role of doubt in religion. Within a specified framework or context it is argued that: 1) creative doubt is a means of constructively acknowledging human finitude, 2) creative doubt can play a role in keeping one's fundamental beliefs alive and vital, 3) creative doubt, by continually challenging the full adequacy of religious symbols, serves as a check against the idolatrous worship of one's own religious language, and 4) the avoidance of doubt may reflect a relinquishing of freedom and a dehumanizing quest for certainty. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00990134 |