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Religious Attitudes Regarding the Suffering in the Outlook of the Protestants from Romania
Religious Attitudes Regarding the Suffering in the Outlook of the Protestants from Romania

Author(s): Annamaria Balla
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: EDIS- Publishing Institution of the University of Zilina
Keywords: religious attitudes; suffering; Protestants;

Summary/Abstract: This study wishes to present the way Protestants in Romania relate themselves to various unpleasant situations such as: illness, failure, isolation, death. In this study, there were 966 protestants between the ages of 10 and 70 years old. The study followed the protestants attitudes towards suffering, awfulizing and intolerance thoughts in suffering situations and the effects of irrational thoughts on emotional living. The study revealed that Protestants have a balanced attitude towards suffering, but teenagers 10 to 15 are very vulnerable, with high intensity of irrational thoughts and dysfunctional emotions.

  • Issue Year: 5/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 109-119
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English