Courage to Be. Hardiness and Faith

Hardiness: The courage to grow from stresses

The recent emphasis on positive psychology is welcome, and has spurred much relevant research. But, there are still many unresolved conceptual and research issues, as more variables are being proposed as relevant. As part of this process, the present paper proposes hardiness as an addition to positive psychology. Hardiness is a combination of attitudes that provides the courage and motivation t...

Be strong and of a good courage.

I have been finding some openings (as the old Quakers used to say) in the book of Joshua recently. In the past when I’ve read the book, I always felt somewhat disappointed: not much life in it apart from the dramatic crossing of Jordan and the conquest of Jericho. But lately there’s been fresh illumination in my reading of it, and so I take it that we are entering the time in which our Lord is ...

Chapter 12 Can it be Rational to have Faith ?

My concern in this paper is the relationship between faith and practical rationality. I seek to develop a unified account of statements of faith concerning mundane matters and those concerning religious faith. To do so, I consider the sense in which faith requires going beyond the evidence, and argue that faith requires terminating the search for further evidence. Having established this, I tur...

dEfininG faitH and faitH PraCtiCES

recent studies demonstrate an overlapping relationship between faith practices of individuals, family functioning, and the corporate faith of congregations. this study reports on the psychometric properties of the Christian faith Practices Scale (CfPS), which was created to empirically measure dykstra’s faith behaviors or “practices.” analysis of a large purposive sample (n=7,403) indicates ini...

Faith, Hope and Doubt