Images of God and Man: An Exploratory Study
Belief in God, Feuerbach has argued, contributes to self-alienation. In this research we tested the thesis proposed by Feuerbach that religion disunites man from himself. He proposes that when people give God a reality they do so by endowing the deity with human attributes. The consequence of this a...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Sage Publications
1987
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Review of religious research
Έτος: 1987, Τόμος: 28, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 224-235 |
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| Σύνοψη: | Belief in God, Feuerbach has argued, contributes to self-alienation. In this research we tested the thesis proposed by Feuerbach that religion disunites man from himself. He proposes that when people give God a reality they do so by endowing the deity with human attributes. The consequence of this act is self-alienation; that is, they perceive people to possess qualities which are diametrically opposite to God. The data show that contrary to Feuerbach's claim, people by and large endow both man and God with similar qualities. There are some exceptions. Man, unlike God, is also seen to be egocentric and not quite as powerful as God. Our findings, however, overwhelmingly refute Feuerbach's claim that God is a source of self- alienation. Feuerbach's assumption that the inevitability of attribute divestiture associated with the act of giving the deity a reality is not substantiated. These findings also hold true regardless of the ubiquity and salience of the attributes we endow the deity. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511377 |