Meaning-making, suffering, and religion: a worldview conception

Park’s meaning-making model suggests that events such as the loss of a loved one may cause distress because people’s appraised meaning of the difficult event may challenge their global orienting systems. Meaning-making alleviates distress by reducing this discrepancy. Research has shown the importan...

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Autores principales: Lewis Hall, M. Elizabeth (Autor) ; Hill, Peter (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
En: Mental health, religion & culture
Año: 2019, Volumen: 22, Número: 5, Páginas: 467-479
Otras palabras clave:B Religión
B Meaning-making
B Worldview
B Suffering
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Sumario:Park’s meaning-making model suggests that events such as the loss of a loved one may cause distress because people’s appraised meaning of the difficult event may challenge their global orienting systems. Meaning-making alleviates distress by reducing this discrepancy. Research has shown the important role that religions often play in the meaning-making process. However, this body of research has largely been limited by a reluctance to address the religious content of meaning-making processes and outcomes. Here we advocate for inclusion of religious beliefs in the study of meaning-making in suffering, and recommend the construct of worldview as a promising resource for this endeavour. Finally, we illustrate the promise of this approach by exploring the contrasting worldviews of three religious traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, and atheism. We trace the ontological, anthropological, axiological, and praxiological assumptions in these worldviews, contrast them, and note the implications for research.
ISSN:1469-9737
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2019.1625037