Images of God among Christians, Hindus, and Muslims in India
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether Christians, Hindus, and Muslims differ in their images of God (IOG). Specifically, we examined the relationship between personality, as measured by the Five Factor Model, and views of self and God among 409 Indian college students and adults...
| Published in: | Research in the social scientific study of religion |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2002
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether Christians, Hindus, and Muslims differ in their images of God (IOG). Specifically, we examined the relationship between personality, as measured by the Five Factor Model, and views of self and God among 409 Indian college students and adults. As expected, Christians and Muslims shared more common views of God than with Hindus, particularly among the Neurotic, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness factors. Similarities among all three groups were found when projecting their own personalities onto God, particularly on the Openness and Agreeableness factors, and Hindus were more likely to project their own personalities onto God than Christians or Muslims. Christians also reported higher Spiritual Transcendence and Faith Maturity scores than Hindus and Muslims. Results highlight the need for researchers to expand IOG investigations to include non-Christian samples. Culture and religious faith are influential correlates of individuals' God images, and same-faith IOGs may differ across countries. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004496200_012 |