RT Article
T1 The Experience and Correlates of God’s Silence among Christians
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 7
A1 Prusak, Jacek
A1 Wasiewicz, Jakub
A2 Wasiewicz, Jakub
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1764664566
AB The aim of the study was to find out if Christians experience God’s silence and if so, what are its correlates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second purpose of the study was to identify the connections between the experience of God’s silence and depressive mood disorders and the impact of God’s silence on other spiritual experiences. The study was conducted online on a group of 771 people, mostly Christians. The experience of God’s silence was declared by 82.1% of the respondents. This experience does not depend on the sex of the respondents, but correlates with their age. The experience of God’s silence is commensurate with the joy that comes from having a relationship with God through daily spiritual experiences. Additionally, the conducted research shows that experience of God’s silence resembles a state rather than a permanent feature with a visible ending, which is associated with a change in the image of God. The consequences of experiencing God’s silence need not to be negative. The conducted research shows that the most frequently mentioned effect of this experience is the strengthening and consolidation of faith.
K1 DSES
K1 God’s silence
K1 Depression
K1 divine struggles
K1 psychology of religion
K1 Religiosity
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.3390/rel12070532