Relating Compassion, Spirituality, and Scandal before Unjust Suffering: An Empirical Assessment

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...

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Autores principales:	Lluis Oviedo, Josefa Torralba
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	compassion spirituality religion evil scandal religious crisis Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ba4e7e285e0c415b98f4cb9c769109382021-11-25T18:53:02ZRelating Compassion, Spirituality, and Scandal before Unjust Suffering: An Empirical Assessment10.3390/rel121109772077-1444https://doaj.org/article/ba4e7e285e0c415b98f4cb9c769109382021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/977https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444Recent 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.Lluis OviedoJosefa TorralbaMDPI AGarticlecompassionspiritualityreligionevil scandalreligious crisisReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 977, p 977 (2021)
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description	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.
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Relating Compassion, Spirituality, and Scandal before Unjust Suffering: An Empirical Assessment

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