Awe of God, Congregational Embeddedness, and Religious Meaning in Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4234071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Krause (0000-0002-9979-2997, University of Michigan), R David Hayward (0000-0002-9845-6131, University of Michigan) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-238 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Religious Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-4866 • E-ISSN: 0034-673X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13644-014-0195-9 |
| OpenAlex | W1978112457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 27 |
Researchers have argued for some time that emotions play a significant role in religious life. The purpose of this study is to focus on a religious emotion-awe of God-that has received relatively little attention in the literature. A latent variable model was developed to assess the following core relationships: (1) people who attend worship services more often will be more likely to experience awe of God; (2) greater awe of God will promote a greater sense of congregational cohesiveness (i.e., the belief that fellow church members share common values and beliefs); (3) individuals who participate in cohesive congregations will be more likely to feel they belong in the place where they worship; and (4) a greater sense of belonging in a congregation will be associated with a stronger sense of religious meaning in life. Analysis of data provided by a nationwide sample of middle-aged and older adults provides support for each of these relationships
Embeddedness · Group cohesiveness · Meaning (existential) · Religious life · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Theology · Worship · Media Influence and Health · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology
Church Planters
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The role of mindfulness and meaning in life in adolescents’ dispositional awe and life satisfaction
Why dispositional awe promotes psychosocial flourishing? An investigation of intrapersonal and interpersonal pathways among Chinese emerging adults
Transcendental awe of God and dimensions of well-being
The construction of awe in science communication
Studying Religiosity and Spirituality
On the Relationship of Value Priorities with the Centrality of Religiosity and a Variety of Religious Orientations and Emotions
The Spiritual Dimension
Social and emotional patterns in adulthood
Longitudinal study of social support and meaning in life.
Towards a Theory of Collective Emotions
To Belong Is to Matter
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
Rediscovering the Social Group
Awe activates religious and spiritual feelings and behavioral intentions
Rediscovering the Social Group
The Social Identity Perspective
A Comprehensive Strategy for Developing Closed-Ended Survey Items for Use in Studies of Older Adults
Church-Based Social Support and Health in Old Age
What does it mean to belong? Interpersonal bonds and intragroup similarities as predictors of felt belonging in different types of groups
Emotional Energy as the Common Denominator of Rational Action
The Social Sharing of Emotion as an Interface Between Individual and Collective Processes in the Construction of Emotional Climates
The psychology of religion
Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion
Beyond Beliefs
The Sociology of Religious Belonging
The effect of belonging to an alcohol-proscribing religious group on the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and mortality
The need to belong
Sociology of Early Palestinian Christianity
Religious Involvement, Beliefs About God, and the Sense of Mattering Among Older Adults
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |