Heavenly-Minded and Earthly Good

A Study of Social Interest, Ethical Style, and Word-Spirit Orientation among Christians

Bibliographic Data

ID20332654
AuthorsTheodore T Y Hsieh (Judson College Elgin, Illinois), Theodore T Hsieh (Judson College, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume15
Issue2
Pages141-147
Publication date1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psychology and Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-6471 • E-ISSN: 2328-1162
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/009164718701500205
OpenAlexW2789578251
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

The Social Interest Scale (SIS) and measures of religiosity, Word-Spirit orientation and ethical style were administered to 127 Christian college students to ascertain differences between those who were more conservative in their doctrinal beliefs and behavioral attitudes and those who were less conservative, between those who had a Word-oriented, Christian style and those who were Spirit-oriented, and among those whose ethical style was either Situational, Absolutistic, Subjectivistic or Exceptionistic, Results indicate that those students with more conservative doctrinal and behavioral beliefs tend to have higher SIS scores than these who are less conservative. Spirit-oriented Christians have higher SIS scores than Word-oriented Christians. Subjectivistic students tend to have the lowest SIS scores among the four ethical style positions. No sex difference is found. Implications for studying social interest among religious subjects are discussed along with ideas for further research

Linguistics · Literature · Orientation (vector space) · Religiosity · Religious orientation · Situational ethics · Style (visual arts) · Word (group theory) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Ethics in Business and Education · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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