Dualistic and Wholistic Views of God and the World: Consequences for Social Action
The authors pose dualist and wholist types of orientation to social action and propose that these types represent distinctly different views of God and the World. which should result in very different forms of social attitudes. They identify respondents on the dualist end of the continuum as fundame...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1983
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Review of religious research
Year: 1983, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 225-244 |
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| Summary: | The authors pose dualist and wholist types of orientation to social action and propose that these types represent distinctly different views of God and the World. which should result in very different forms of social attitudes. They identify respondents on the dualist end of the continuum as fundamentalist theologically who come more often from ethnic rural communities. Wholists are more liberal theologically and operate within a social system that is more urban and more open culturally. They found that Dualists who show more other-worldly tendencies are less involved in this-worldly processes and are also more supportive of traditional personal morality and the ethnic community. Wholists, on the other hand, are more this-worldly and more liberal with regard to traditional personal morality, community control, and minority rights. Wuthnow's dualist and wholist perspectives seem to apply to religious Mennonite adherents, and the two views of God and the world result in very different social attitudes. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511816 |