The transformative power of accepting God's love
This article develops an account of some of the central features involved on the human side in adopting a richly accepting orientation towards God's love. It then builds a conceptual and empirical argument for the conclusion that accepting God's love can enhance a person's mental heal...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
Ano: 2022, Volume: 58, Número: 4, Páginas: 831-845 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Deus
/ Amor
/ Suposição
/ Saúde mental
/ Virtude
/ Agnosticismo
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AB Filosofia da religião AE Psicologia da religião AG Vida religiosa NBC Deus NBE Antropologia NCB Ética individual |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
pragmatic arguments
B Virtue B Mental Health B God's love B Agnosticism |
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| Resumo: | This article develops an account of some of the central features involved on the human side in adopting a richly accepting orientation towards God's love. It then builds a conceptual and empirical argument for the conclusion that accepting God's love can enhance a person's mental health and can indirectly enable a person to cultivate or maintain moral virtues - whether or not God exists. Importantly, the article contends that these transformative benefits are available to both believers and agnostics, and an original secondary data analysis is offered to support this conclusion in the case of agnostics. The article explains how this transformative value of accepting God's love may serve as the basis for a novel pragmatic argument for theistic religious commitment. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000408 |