Religion-as-Schema, With Implications for the Relation Between Religion and Coping
The advantages of conceptualizing religion as a cognitive schema are discussed. The nature and function of schemas are described, and studies relevant to this cognitive approach to religion are reviewed. Viewing religion as a cognitive schema not only integrates previous findings and concepts, but i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[1995]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1995, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-16 |
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| Summary: | The advantages of conceptualizing religion as a cognitive schema are discussed. The nature and function of schemas are described, and studies relevant to this cognitive approach to religion are reviewed. Viewing religion as a cognitive schema not only integrates previous findings and concepts, but is also helpful in forming new hypotheses about how religious beliefs are organized, how they influence people's perception and understanding of events, and why they change. The benefits of using the religion-as-schema notion in coping research are described. Such studies of the relation between religion and coping have found that religion is associated with cognitive processing and the finding of meaning after a loss and indirectly related to greater well-being. This perspective also predicts postcrisis changes in religion. Religion-as-schema appears to be a promising way to understand the structure and function of religious beliefs. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0501_1 |