Relating Compassion, Spirituality, and Scandal before Unjust Suffering

An Empirical Assessment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3418247
AutoresLluis Oviedo (0000-0001-8189-3311, Pontifical University Antonianum, autor de correspondencia), Josefa Torralba (0000-0001-5143-3699)
Año2021
Volumen12
Número11
Páginas977
Fecha de publicación2021-11-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12110977
OpenAlexW3160133079
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

Recent studies in the field of cognitive science of religion have proposed a connection between religious beliefs, theory of mind, and prosocial behaviour. Theory of mind appears to be related to empathy and compassion, and both to a special sensitivity towards unjust suffering, which could trigger a religious crisis, as has often happened and is revealed in the "theodicy question". To test such relationships, adolescents were surveyed by an exploratory questionnaire. The collected data point to a more complex, less linear interaction, which depends more on cultural factors and reflexive elaboration than cognitive structures. In general, compassion and outrage before unjust suffering appear to be quite related; compassion is related to religious practice and even more to spiritual perception

Cognition · Compassion · Empathy · Epistemology · Outrage · Political science · Prosocial behavior · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Spirituality · Theodicy · Theology · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology