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Emotions and Faith: The Perplexing Relationship Between What We Feel and What We Believe"Does our faith make any difference when it comes to the world of emotions? The Bible speaks about the transformation of our minds (Rom 12:1), but what about the transformation of our feelings? Should we, as Christians, experience emotions differently than those outside the faith?" |
Responses
A Response to an article by Matthew Richard Schlimm
"On par with our senses and our logic, we learn of the world through our emotions. They provide us with "affective information" about our everyday experience and impart an emotional valence to mark the moments and relationships of our lives."
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Reflections on Emotion and Faith: A Response to Matthew Richard Schlimm
"In its better moments, Christian theology, especially theology in the Reformed tradition, has recognized that a "biblical faith" understands faith to be something that involves the whole person, not just the intellectual and the volitional dimensions of human being but also the affective ones. However, the relation between knowing, willing, and feeling is not easy to untangle."
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The Shape and Shaping of Emotion
"In my view, many biblical texts speak about emotions not as innately "positive" or "negative", but as faithful or foolhardy depending on their objects."
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