Guilt and Religion: The Influence of Orthodox Protestant and Orthodox Catholic Conceptions of Guilt on Guilt-Experience

Walinga, Pieter; Corveleyn, Jozef; Saane, Joke van

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“…In Protestant teaching, guilt is not dealt with in that way. The research suggests that Catholics show more constructive guilt reaction than Protestants (Walinga et al 2005 ) and the perception of grace or unconditional divine forgiveness better mitigates Catholics’ feelings of guilt (Watson et al 1988 ). In turn, when a person has negative experiences with religious people or institutions (interpersonal struggle), first of all, he or she is looking for support.…”

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Can Religious and Spiritual Struggle Enhance Well-Being? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Internal Dialogues

Zarzycka

Puchalska‐Wasyl

2019

J Relig Health

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Although a number of studies have demonstrated links between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being, only a few have examined what makes religious/spiritual struggle increase or decrease well-being. The present paper aims to examine different forms of internal dialogues (IDs) as potential mediators of the relationship between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being among Roman Catholics. There were 143 respondents (81 female) who participated in the study. We applied the Religious and Spiritual Struggle Scale, the Internal Dialogical Activity Scale, and the Psychological Well-Being Scale. The results showed that religious/spiritual struggle triggers IDs. Three types of IDs-ruminative, supportive, and social simulation dialogues-were mediators in the relationship between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being. Although religious/spiritual struggle decreased well-being through its effect on ruminative dialogues, it improved well-being through its effects on supportive and social simulation dialogues.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Can Religious and Spiritual Struggle Enhance Well-Being? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Internal Dialogues

Zarzycka

Puchalska‐Wasyl

2019

J Relig Health

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“…Collecting information on religious grouping would have also been useful because some religious groups (i.e. Catholics) have demonstrated greater guilt compared with non-religious groups (Walinga et al, 2005).…”

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Examining the Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of a Guilt Management Scale (GMS)

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Degnan

Pugh

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Behav. Cogn. Psychother.

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“…Let's say that in the Western science the issue of religiously stipulated emotions of guilt was discussed quite widely, as well as considering different functions of "guilt" as a regulator in religious groups and as an element in ethical religious codexes (Sheldon 2006;Albertsen et al 2006). There are different works analyzing emotions of guilt within Catholicism and Protestantism (Luyten et al 1998;Walinga et al 2005;Martinez-Pilkington 2007;Stotts 2016). However, this issue was still not so much analyzed with regard to Orthodoxy (see, Knorre 2011Knorre , 2017Lorgus and Krasnikova 2010).…”

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The Problem of Church’s Defensiveness and Reductionism in Fr. Alexander Schmemann’s Ecclesiology (Based on His Journals)

Knorre

2017

Religions

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This article analyzes Schmemann's ecclesiology in the context of his attempt to give an assessment of the Church's attitude to life; as well as the problem of defensiveness in Orthodoxy; reductionism of ecclesial culture; "rejection" of the world and traditionalistic isolation. The author focuses upon the socio-cultural interpretation given by Schmemann to such important categories of the ecclesial language as "piety," "humility," "churchliness," "spirituality," etc.; showing that in real life these categories express the isolation and stereotypification of Orthodoxy. In the context of "lived" religion, these categories deliver a protective and reductionist message, justifying a kind of anthropological pessimism, "religion of guilt" and psychological self-closure of a person. The theologian juxtaposes two religious traditions: one based on the defensiveness and the other based on a sense of joy; the feeling of God's presence and affinity to the Kingdom of Heaven. According to the author, the accents put by Schmemann in his ecclesiology can promote the formation of ethics of laity and a more adequate attitude towards the world in the 21st century Orthodoxy.Keywords: Orthodoxy; Russian Church tradition; ecclesiastic culture; defensiveness; Orthodox piety; cultural attitudes; behavioral preferences Theologians as well as ecclesiastical journalists have said much about protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann's ecclesiological legacy and its relevance for the present times, so there is no need to reiterate their arguments here. Notably, Fr. Alexander is a rarity among Orthodoxy due to his deep-seated sensitivity to developments in the modern world. In his works he pays specific attention to the Church's vision of the world (Agadjanian 2016, pp. 255, 262, 271-72). Within this framework, he insistently asks how Church mentality affects behavioral stereotypes in this particular milieu and analyzes how loyalty to Orthodoxy shapes believer's lives. In fact, he raises the question how to bear witness to one's faith and thus how to attest to the truth of Orthodox Christianity and the Church.Schmemann articulates these issues most naturally and explicitly in his Journals (composed from a number of diary notebooks that document the last ten years of his life, from 1973 until 1983). The genre of diary allows the writer to talk freely and to express various and contradictory ideas that would be difficult to present in their natural variety in an analytical essay. A key feature of the genre is that the writer feels entitled to question an idea even while trying to explicate it. In the case of Schmemann, his Journals present the greatest range of his thoughts by affording him the freedom of speech rarely permitted in an essay, which normally is constructed around and substantiating just one specific idea.We shall here consider Schmemann's ecclesiology from the perspective of social theology, and partly also that of social psychology. Anthropological issues with which Schmemann engages in his Journals are vital for our evalua...

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Guilt and Religion: The Influence of Orthodox Protestant and Orthodox Catholic Conceptions of Guilt on Guilt-Experience

Cited by 21 publications

References 19 publications

Can Religious and Spiritual Struggle Enhance Well-Being? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Internal Dialogues

Can Religious and Spiritual Struggle Enhance Well-Being? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Internal Dialogues

Examining the Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of a Guilt Management Scale (GMS)

The Problem of Church’s Defensiveness and Reductionism in Fr. Alexander Schmemann’s Ecclesiology (Based on His Journals)

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