Religio-cultural factors as moral motivation among religiously committed Thai people: a grounded theory study
The central research question guiding this grounded theory study was: How do religiously committed Thai Protestant Christians and Thai Buddhists perceive their motivation for making moral decisions? Data for this grounded theory study were obtained through personal interviews with 24 participants wi...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge
[2020]
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Journal of beliefs and values
Jahr: 2020, Band: 41, Heft: 1, Seiten: 5-19 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Thailand
/ Protestant
/ Buddhist
/ Religiosität
/ Moralisches Handeln
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik KBM Asien NCB Individualethik NCC Sozialethik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Moral Motivation
B Thailand B Karma B Grounded Theory |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The central research question guiding this grounded theory study was: How do religiously committed Thai Protestant Christians and Thai Buddhists perceive their motivation for making moral decisions? Data for this grounded theory study were obtained through personal interviews with 24 participants willing to share their thoughts and experiences of moral motivation. Participants were adult Thai individuals who self-identify as religiously committed to Theravada Buddhism or Protestant Christianity. Although motivations were mixed and overlapped, both Buddhist and Christian participants were motivated by four predominant moral motivations: happiness and peace, karma or karma-like belief, a feeling of kreng jai (an emotion of deference and avoidance of conflict), and a concern for others. Two other less prominent categories of moral motivation were also found: Duty to moral law, and a regard for a divine person. Evidence was found that religio-cultural factors have a strong impact on moral reasoning and moral motivation. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9362 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2019.1584934 |