Religious-And Other Beliefs

How Much Specificity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4181977
AutoresLluis Oviedo (0000-0001-8189-3311, Pontifical University Antonianum, autor de correspondencia), Konrad Szocik (0000-0002-7262-3915, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow)
Año2020
Volumen10
Número1
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244019898849
OpenAlexW2997107711
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas39

The scientific study of beliefs, including religious beliefs, is thriving. The focus of this research is broad, but notably includes attempts at classifying different kinds of beliefs and their contrasting traits. Religious beliefs appear as more or less specific depending on chosen approaches and criteria. This paper intends to bring the discussion to a different level applying two strategies that yield a similar result. The first tries to reframe the debate about the nature of religious beliefs by connecting it with the current wave of "belief studies," to test their potential utility. The second critically reviews the epistemological and cognitive dimensions that are involved. Our research points in some distinctive directions: religious beliefs belong to a broad category or class whose structure and function are more related to meaning and purpose provision; at that level, there is no clear way to distinguish religious and non-religious beliefs except possibly by their content

Cognition · Cognitive reframing · Epistemology · Religiosity · Social science · Sociology · Thriving · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Study and Philosophy of Religion