Christian commitment and a "Docetic" view of human emotions

This paper encourages people in the church to discuss the danger of equating Christian commitment with a denial of one's humanity, thus developing a "docetic" view of human emotions. The paper focuses on biblical passages which are susceptible to three forms of "docetic interpret...

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Main Author: McCandless, J. Bardarah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1984]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 1984, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-137
Further subjects:B Physical Consequence
B Unpleasant Feeling
B Religious Experience
B Human Development
B Human Emotion
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Summary:This paper encourages people in the church to discuss the danger of equating Christian commitment with a denial of one's humanity, thus developing a "docetic" view of human emotions. The paper focuses on biblical passages which are susceptible to three forms of "docetic interpretation":denial of unpleasant feelings often in the name of Christian joy, with possible damaging emotional or physical consequences;denial of human development and the possible influence of the past on present emotional and religious experience; anddenial of humanvalue through passive acceptance of what seems to be inevitable by saying, "Thy will be done."
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00996155