The Experience and Correlates of God’s Silence among Christians
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 s...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79d9917f79c249f791d333f0be8c60dc2023-11-22T04:49:56ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-07-0112753210.3390/rel12070532The Experience and Correlates of God’s Silence among ChristiansJacek Prusak0Jakub Wasiewicz1Institute of Psychology, Jesuit University Ignatianum, 31-501 Cracow, PolandInstitute of Psychology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, 30-084 Cracow, PolandThe 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/532God’s silencereligiosityspiritualityDSESdivine strugglesdepression |
| spellingShingle | Jacek Prusak Jakub Wasiewicz The Experience and Correlates of God’s Silence among Christians Religions God’s silence religiosity spirituality DSES divine struggles depression |
| title | The Experience and Correlates of God’s Silence among Christians |
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| title_short | The Experience and Correlates of God’s Silence among Christians |
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| topic | God’s silence religiosity spirituality DSES divine struggles depression |
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