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A platitude is a statement that is seen as trite, meaningless, or prosaic, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. [1] The statement may be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use as a thought-terminating cliché.
A faith literate individual understands the key effects of each religion/belief system by means of the values, attitudes and influence it causes in individuals, families and communities. Faith literates believe in recognizing religious and secular worldviews in practice and thoughts and take hold of what makes each religion/belief system what ...
That happens only with the coalescence of a peculiar set of circumstances – political, social, and ideological – when religion becomes fused with violent expressions of social aspirations, personal pride, and movements for political change", [135]: 10 and that it is unreasonable to attempt to differentiate "religious violence" and "secular ...
And it asks for help in release from entanglements, and for faith in the unfurling ribbon of our lives. That is my resolution for myself, and perhaps it speaks to you: To undo knots.
The best-known stage model of spiritual or religious development is that of James W. Fowler, a developmental psychologist at the Candler School of Theology, in his Stages of Faith. [56] [57] He follows Piaget and Kohlberg and has proposed a holistic staged development of faith (or spiritual development) across the lifespan.
Tillich further refined his conception of faith by stating that, "Faith as ultimate concern is an act of the total personality. It is the most centered act of the human mind ... it participates in the dynamics of personal life." [82] An arguably central component of Tillich's concept of faith is his notion that faith is "ecstatic". That is to say:
There’s piety, and there’s discipleship. I wouldn’t want to say they can’t and don’t overlap. They often do. My personal piety runs to practices that I wouldn’t necessarily recommend ...
Such a faith has always been implicitly the common faith of mankind. It remains to make it explicit and militant" (p. 80). [1] Much like in many of Dewey's other works, democracy is a common theme throughout his statements in A Common Faith. There are three major themes present in A Common Faith. The first establishes distinct differences ...