The Heart of Religion: Spiritual Empowerment, Benevolence, and the Experience of God's Love
Is there a relationship between spirituality and benevolence? In other words, do those who report experiencing God's love in a deep and personal manner seek to make the world a better place as a result of this experience? This is the central question the authors address in this text., To answer...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2013
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 545-547 |
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| Summary: | Is there a relationship between spirituality and benevolence? In other words, do those who report experiencing God's love in a deep and personal manner seek to make the world a better place as a result of this experience? This is the central question the authors address in this text., To answer this question, the authors draw from a specially designed nationally representative survey (N = 1,208), supplemented with in-depth, qualitative interviews (N = 120) with Christians who have personally experienced God's love. The authors focus on Christianity to provide some theological coherence to the study. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srt034 |