Fine-tuning the Relationship between Religion and Intellectual Humility

I examine religious humility, which is one content area of intellectual humility. Intellectual humility is the subtype of humility that involves taking a humble stance in sharing ideas, especially when one is challenged or when an idea is threatening. I position religious humility within the context...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of psychology and theology
1. VerfasserIn: Worthington, Everett L. 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage Publishing [2018]
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Jahr: 2018, Band: 46, Heft: 4, Seiten: 305-314
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Religion / Spiritualität / Demut / Höflichkeit
RelBib Classification:AE Religionspsychologie
AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
NCB Individualethik
weitere Schlagwörter:B philosophical integration
B positive psychology
B psychology of religion
B Personality psychology
B Virtues
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Zusammenfassung:I examine religious humility, which is one content area of intellectual humility. Intellectual humility is the subtype of humility that involves taking a humble stance in sharing ideas, especially when one is challenged or when an idea is threatening. I position religious humility within the context of general humility, spiritual humility, and relational humility, and thus arrive at several propositions. People who are intensely spiritually humble can hold dogmatic beliefs and believe themselves to be religiously humble, yet be perceived by others of different persuasions as religiously dogmatic and even arrogant. For such people to be truly religiously humble, they must feel that the religious belief is core to their meaning system. This requires discernment of which of the person's beliefs are truly at the core. But also the religiously humble person must fulfill the definition of general humility, accurately perceiving the strengths and limitations of the self, being teachable to correct weaknesses, presenting oneself modestly, and being positively other-oriented. Humility thus involves (1) beliefs, values, and attitudes and (2) an interpersonal presentational style. Therefore, intellectually humble people must track the positive epistemic status of their beliefs and also must present with convicted civility.
ISSN:2328-1162
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0091647118807793