A Self-Centered Perspective on McIntosh's Religious Schema
McIntosh proposes that religion can be conceptualized as a cognitive schema, and he cites clear benefits of adopting such a research paradigm. He also suggests that having a religious schema might be associated with intrinsic religiousness. Furthermore, he cites the potential interaction between an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[1995]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1995, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-29 |
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| Summary: | McIntosh proposes that religion can be conceptualized as a cognitive schema, and he cites clear benefits of adopting such a research paradigm. He also suggests that having a religious schema might be associated with intrinsic religiousness. Furthermore, he cites the potential interaction between an individual's religious schema and her or his overall self-schema as one area for future research. In response, I argue that religious schemas might be moderated by self-schemas (specifically, regarding personal control beliefs). Furthermore, viewing religious schemas within the context of personal control beliefs might provide a means to study the relevance of religion for all persons in the general population (i.e., intrinsic or extrinsic, religious or nonreligious). Recent research efforts supporting these hypotheses are cited. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0501_3 |