scholarly journals The Experience and Correlates of God’s Silence among Christians

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 532
Author(s):  
Jacek Prusak ◽  
Jakub Wasiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Daily Spiritual Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Image Of God

The aim of the study was to find out if Christians experience God’s silence and if so, what are its correlates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second purpose of the study was to identify the connections between the experience of God’s silence and depressive mood disorders and the impact of God’s silence on other spiritual experiences. The study was conducted online on a group of 771 people, mostly Christians. The experience of God’s silence was declared by 82.1% of the respondents. This experience does not depend on the sex of the respondents, but correlates with their age. The experience of God’s silence is commensurate with the joy that comes from having a relationship with God through daily spiritual experiences. Additionally, the conducted research shows that experience of God’s silence resembles a state rather than a permanent feature with a visible ending, which is associated with a change in the image of God. The consequences of experiencing God’s silence need not to be negative. The conducted research shows that the most frequently mentioned effect of this experience is the strengthening and consolidation of faith.

scholarly journals Colin E. Gunton’s Christological Anthropology: Humanity’s Relationships in the Image of Christ

Perichoresis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-81
Author(s):  
Elaina R. Mair
Keyword(s):  
Future Study ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Image Of God ◽  
The Trinity

Abstract The anthropology of Colin E. Gunton begins with the Trinity and specifically, the person of Christ. From trinitarian persons, Gunton deduces the ontological definition of what it means to be a person, that is, a being in relationship and in distinction, or ‘free relatedness’. To be a person is to be in the image of the personal God, which is christological language, for it is Christ who bears the image of God in its fullness. As the true image bearer, Christ’s humanity is paradigmatic of what it means to be in relationship: with God, with the world and with other human persons. Gunton’s christology is also thoroughly pneumatological, borrowing Irenaeus’ metaphor of God’s ‘two hands in the world’: The Son and the Spirit. Not only do the Son and the Spirit mediate God’s presence to creation according to Irenaeus, but Gunton builds on this metaphor to include the Spirit’s mediation of the eternal Son to the Father as well as the Incarnate Son to humanity. The Spirit also reshapes humanity to be in the image of Christ, through his relationships with God, with the world and with other human persons. This is an eschatological project, for in this reshaping, the creation is recreated toward its teleological perfection. The article concludes with a potential direction for future study within Gunton’s christological anthropology. To conceive what it means to be human theologically, Gunton insists that we must look to Christ’s own person.

Meaning, perceived growth, and posttraumatic stress among teachers in El Salvador: Assessing the impact of daily spiritual experiences.

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashli G. Kurian ◽  
Joseph M. Currier ◽  
Lisseth Rojas-Flores ◽  
Sofia Herrera ◽  
Joshua D. Foster
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Daily Spiritual Experiences ◽  
The Impact

The impact of parental discipline on the image of God

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 677-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Tzu Grace Chou ◽  
Dominique Uata
Keyword(s):  
Image Of God ◽  
Parental Discipline ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Image Of God

scholarly journals “The Way of the Heart” in the Experience and Reflection of St. Augustine

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-504
Author(s):  
Mirosław Mejzner
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Human Heart ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Latin Word ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Image Of God ◽  
The Trinity

In the writings of St. Augustine, the Latin word cor occurs more than 8,000 times, being one of the most important, though ambiguous, terms of his anthropology and spirituality. As a synonym for the inner man (homo interior) it encompasses the whole affective, intellectual, moral and religious life. In this sense, it is the privileged place for a personal encounter with God. The analysis of Augustine’s writings reveals a link between the concept of the Trinity and indications concerning the spiritual life of man. Reflections on the “heart” can be put into a kind of triptych: creation “in the image of God,” illumination by Christ, and dilatation by the Holy Spirit. The impact of God on the human heart should find its completion in a voluntarily adopted attitude of adoration, humility and love.

scholarly journals Przebóstwienie człowieka w pismach Jana Kasjana

Vox Patrum ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Nocoń
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Original Sin ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Resurrection Of The Dead ◽  
The Dead ◽  
John Cassian ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Image Of God

One of the principal ideas in oriental anthropology is that of the divinization of man. The author studies this idea in John Cassian and draws the conclusion that not only was it known to Cassian, but indeed it is the filter through which he views the question of grace. The author arrives at this conclusion, above all, by underlin­ing oriental monasticism as the original context of the theology of divinization. Cassian was trained as a theologian and monk in this very ambience. All of the elements of the concept of divinization are present in the writings of Cassian and the two biblical models for the qšwsij of man – its creation of man in the image and likeness of God (Gen 1: 26-27) and the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor (Mt 17: 1-8; Mc 9: 2-8; Lc 9: 28-36) – are widely commented on by Cassian and form the basis of his theological and ascetical teaching. Cassian’s doctrine on grace, which is deeply penetrated by the concept of divinization, propounds the idea that, after original sin, the likeness of God in man is destroyed, but the image of God in man – reason, free will, and conscience – remains. The grace of God, perceived through the prism of divinization, in Cassian implies not a “resurrection” of the dead nature of man, but a strengthening of his relationship with God, a passage from the condition of “slave” to that of “friend”. This teaching, characterized as it is by a salvific optimism which is typically oriental, according to the author, should no longer be regarded as a form of semipelagianism. Rather, but with due qualification, it should be regarded as a valid and interesting way of speaking on the perennially difficult quaestio of the relationship between grace and free will.

scholarly journals The Impact of Positive and Negative Spiritual Experiences on Distress and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niko Kohls ◽  
Harald Walach ◽  
George Lewith
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factor ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Daily Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Chronically Ill Patients ◽  
The Impact

Both spiritual experiences and mindfulness as a psychological variable have been identified as components of wellbeing and health. As there is uncertainty about their relationship, we have investigated the impact of spiritual experiences and mindfulness as well as their interaction on distress in chronically ill patients. The unidimensional Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES), the multidimensional Exceptional Experiences Questionnaire (EEQ), the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI), and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were administered to 109 chronically ill patients. Fifty-eight patients (53%) reported regular and frequent spiritual or contemplative practice from different traditions over an average of 14.7 years (SD = 13.7). Patients with regular spiritual practice reported more positive spiritual experiences, were more mindful and less distressed (p < .001). A stepwise linear regression analysis revealed that the EEQ subscale “negative spiritual experiences” (NSE) was the most important single predictor for psychological distress (R2=.38; β=.63). In contrast, both the EEQ subscale “positive spiritual experiences” as well as the DSES that also captures positives daily encounters with a transcendental realm or entity did not account for a significant amount of variance in distress. Further analysis of the regression model (R2=.57), confirmed that NSE was still the largest predictor for distress (β=.61) and that mindfulness (β=–.38) and the interaction between mindfulness and NSE (β=–.23) were the most important buffers protecting individuals from distress. Thus, mindfulness seems not only to be a clinically important protective factor for buffering generic distress, but particularly for distress derived from NSEs. This suggests that in addition to directly facilitating well-being and health by means of positive spiritual experiences, at least some form of regular spiritual or meditative techniques seem to endow an individual with a certain degree of resilience against negative spiritual experiences that is likely a consequence of increased mindfulness. If these findings are vindicated by further studies, spiritual experiences should not be conceived and measured as univariate but rather multivariate constructs.

scholarly journals Peran Guru Kristen sebagai Agen Restorasi dan Rekonsiliasi dalam Mengembangkan Karakter Kristus pada Diri Remaja sebagai Bagian dari Proses Pengudusan [The Role of Christian Educator as Agent of Restoration and Reconciliation in Developing Christ-like Character in Adolescence as part of the Sanctification Process]

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Novel Priyatna
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
Faith Development ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Christian Teachers ◽  
The Image Of God ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

<p>Sanctification is a process of maturation to becoming more Christ-like in character after a person experiences regeneration. In the context of adolescent faith development, apart from parents and church clergy, regenerated adolescents also need support from Christian teachers as the agent of restoration in order to restore the image of God in themselves and as the agent of reconciliation in order to restore their relationship with God, others, and themselves all of which have been affected by sin. Christian teachers can function as role models for these adolescents both inside and outside classroom settings. One of the biggest barriers for adolescents to develop a more Christ-like character are their irrational beliefs that influence their thoughts and behaviors. This article will discuss the role of Christian teachers in helping adolescents to become more Christlike in character in their daily life. </p><p><em>BAHASA INDONESIA ABSTRAK:  Pengudusan merupakan suatu proses pendewasaan menuju karakter Kristus setelah seseorang mengalami kelahiran baru. Dalam konteks perkembangan iman remaja, selain dari peran orangtua dan pendeta, para remaja yang telah lahir baru membutuhkan dukungan guru Kristen sebagai agen pemulihan untuk memulihkan gambar dan rupa Allah dalam diri mereka dan agen pendamaian untuk memulihkan relasi mereka dengan Allah, sesama, dan diri sendiri yang telah rusak karena dosa. Guru Kristen memiliki peran sebagai teladan bagi para remaja baik didalam maupun diluar konteks kelas. Salah satu hambatan terbesar bagi remaja untuk memiliki dan menghidupi karakter Kristus adalah irrational beliefs mereka yang mempengaruhi pikiran dan perilaku mereka. Artikel ini akan membahas bagaimana peran guru-guru Kristen dalam menolong para remaja untuk memiliki dan menghidupi karakter Kristus dalam kehidupan mereka sehari-hari.</em></p>

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