Humility has been an important theological concept for millennia. Humility is a central virtue of many world religions. Its importance extends across diverse theological traditions. Considering the three major theistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam, humility appears to be an important virtue. Because of the value many religions place on humility, religious individuals may tend to behave more humble, and see themselves as more humble than non-religious ones. The focus of the research is whether religious individuals are more humble than non- religious ones. In this context, the research focuses on the relationship and interaction between internal religiosity and humility. Furthermore, it is investigated whether humility and religiosity differ according to gender and faculty type within the framework of demographic variables. As a result, it was found that there is a moderate, positive and significant relationship between religiosity and humility. In addition, it was found that internal religious motivation was a significant predictor of humility. It was also found that the level of humility and religiosity of women was higher than that of men and the level of humility and religiosity of the students studying in theology faculty was significantly higher than that of the students in other faculties. When the findings of this study are compared with other research data in the literature, it appears that religiosity promotes humility but it is not a basic component of it.
Psychology of Religion, Positive Psychology, Humility, Religiosity
| Author : | Yunus Emre TEMİZ |
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| Number of pages: | 779-806 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.39970 |
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