A Psychological Analysis of Faith
The premise that we can arrive at a deeper analysis of faith by examining it in the light of what we know of the concept of attitudes in psychology is presented. Attitudes are shown to have three components: (a) the cognitive; (b) the affective; and (c) the active. Three levels of attitudes are also...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
1974
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Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1974, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 97-103 |
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| Summary: | The premise that we can arrive at a deeper analysis of faith by examining it in the light of what we know of the concept of attitudes in psychology is presented. Attitudes are shown to have three components: (a) the cognitive; (b) the affective; and (c) the active. Three levels of attitudes are also presented as: (a) acceptance level; (b) preference level; and (c) commitment level. Several passages of Scripture are presented as evidence that biblical faith also has these same three components and levels. It is concluded that moving from the well researched field of attitudes to a less understood concept such as faith can aid in our understanding of faith. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009164717400200203 |