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• 18 Mar 08
  

  tony curzon price

  One's acceptance of and position towards a supernatural being, towards an ultimate reality and its manifestations involve a multidimensional process comprising attitudes, beliefs, emotions, experiences, rituals, the community and the feeling of belongingness. Hill and Hood19 argue that `any construct as complex as religion is likely to be multidimensional in nature' `because religion deals with people's ultimate concerns and provides both personal and social identity within the cosmic or metaphysical background.'

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  • One's acceptance of and position towards a supernatural being, towards   an ultimate reality and its manifestations involve a multidimensional   process comprising attitudes, beliefs, emotions, experiences, rituals,   the community and the feeling of belongingness. Hill and Hood¹⁹   argue that `any construct as complex as religion is likely to be multidimensional   in nature' `because religion deals with people's ultimate concerns and   provides both personal and social identity within the cosmic or metaphysical   background.'
  • Glock²² has also contributed to the discussions   on the conceptualization of religious orientation by proposing a five-dimensional   model²³ of `conceptual framework for the systematic study of   differential commitment to religion.' Glock argues that despite the great   variety of details, all world religions share general areas in which religiosity   is manifested. These are the five core dimensions of religiosity: `the   experiential', `the ritualistic', `the ideological', `the intellectual',   and `the consequential'. According to Glock²⁴, the `experiential   dimension' of religiosity refers to the achievement of direct knowledge   of the ultimate reality or to the experience of religious emotions in   the form of exaltation, fear, humility, joyfulness and peace. The `ideological   dimension' gives recognition to the fact that all religions expect that   the religious person should hold certain beliefs to which followers are   expected to adhere. The `ritualistic dimension' includes specific religious   practices expected of religious followers to perform either individually   or communally. Among them prayer, worship, pilgrimage and feasting can   be mentioned. The `intellectual dimension', in Glock's framework, is constituted   by the expectation that the religious person should have some knowledge   about the basic tenets of his/her faith and its religious scriptures.   The `consequential dimension', on the other hand, encompasses man's relation   to man. This means that the `consequential dimension' includes religious   prescriptions, which determine the attitudes of the adherents as a consequence   of their religious belief. Glock argues that these are the core dimensions   of religious commitment being shared by different religions of the world.

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