Impact Of Faith Research Articles

The Impact of Faith and Family in the Development of Resilience in Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Students and whoever might be looking to understand the context and issues generated by the COVID-19 pandemic will find in this paper a micro-research that highlights the role of faith and family in the development of resilience in adolescents with a predisposition to anxious and depressive behavior. As shown by the works of research cited here and feedback from our respondents, faith manifested in moral values through personal acts, or the participation in community life through religious and spiritual practices is a means toward developing resilience in youth and creating a feeling of belonging and solidarity. This research paper also highlights that both the nucleus family and the expanded family offer a supporting and learning environment that is adjustable, where youth can find resources and strength to build a dignified and safe life.

The Impact of Faith on Social Life

In Islam, faith is the yardstick and foundation for everything. All of a person's actions, beliefs, interpersonal and social interactions, conduct, and ethics depend on their faith. If a person's faith is righteous, their actions are righteous and comply with the laws of religion. Conversely, if someone's faith is flawed, their actions yield no favorable results and do not lead to their salvation.
 On this fundamental principle, faith is intertwined with human existence and determines their fate. Happiness and adversity in a person's life are pursued based on it. When the innate call and profound intuition within a person comprehend the essence of faith and its spiritual significance, they connect with it.
 Through faith and submission to the Almighty, a person gains abundant benefits. By discovering their purpose of creation and following the guidance and perseverance on the path of truth, they surpass their desires and inclinations. By transcending their ego and selfish desires, they attain mental tranquility and the serenity of life.
 Faith places all of an individual's social interactions under its control and significantly influences the process of shaping the social norms of society. Faith awakens an individual's conscience, making them responsible. It makes them compassionate, kind, and self-sacrificing towards their fellow beings. It instills inner strength and empowerment in people. A believer becomes an active participant in the cycle of production, contributing positively to society.
 Moreover, faith shapes a society where its members collaborate, uphold one another, and strive together towards the peak of virtues, dignity, and pride, echoing the slogan: "Hold fast, all together, to the rope of Allah and do not separate." They endeavor towards their own well-being and righteousness, rescuing their society from injustice, tyranny, and unknown rights.

Impact of faith on food marketing and consumer behaviour: a review

PurposeThe aim of this manuscript is to study the current scientific literature on food marketing and religion, by giving an overview of current knowledge and the possible future research opportunities once found the gaps.Design/methodology/approachThis a classic literature review carried on by considering marketing, consumer behaviour and management journals as well as religion-focused ones.FindingsCurrent literature highlights how faith impacts on food marketing and religious consumers choices (and not only). Most of the papers focus on Islam. Considering the globalised economy, the authors’ findings highlight also the relevance of religious certifications for less/not religious people, because of certified food is considered safe and healthy.Originality/valueThe paper joins and reviews two research fields whose connection is growing, so it is relevant to know the current status of scientific literature, which is updated compared to recent literature.

How Faith Affects the Leadership of U. S. Family Firm Owners

How does faith matter in today's business world? Family businesses are the dominant organizational form globally. Yet, religion in family firms has been under-researched for many years, with only limited articles published in the past two decades. While our study focused on the Christian faith, we recognize the contributions of other religions to family businesses. The significant influence of faith needs to be better understood by Christians and others alike to promote harmonious relationships within and between faith groups. In a qualitative study, we examine the utilization of faith-led values among the owners of 15 U.S. multigenerational family firms, using a grounded theory approach and the theoretical lens of family systems theory. We analyzed the reported perceptions of 33 family firm owner-manager and family-manager respondents, focusing on the impact of faith on relationships with stakeholders, including, but not limited to family members, employees, and customers. These perceptions were based on the respondents' faith, their practice of prayer at work, prayer for the business, and the acknowledgment of God's power. Therefore, we propose that a faith system is central for such family firm leaders in addition to the family, business, and ownership systems. We depict the faith system as the hub of a wheel with spokes representing the family, business, and ownership systems driving the family firm. We summarize our findings with six propositions.

Study on the Reuse Intention of E-Commerce Platform Applications: Security, Privacy, Perceived Value, and Trust

Objective: Security, privacy, perceived value, and trust are essential elements in reusing intention in an e-commerce application. The lower the security, privacy, perceived value, and trust of a consumer will reduce the reuse intention of an e-commerce application because consumers have many choices. This study aims to analyze the relationship between security, privacy, perceived value, and trust in the intention to reuse e-commerce applications. Design/Methods/Approach: The objects of this study are consumers who have made transactions through the Tokopedia application at least once using the purposive sampling technique. The collection method distributes questionnaires online via google form and analyzes them using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method with the SmartPLS 3.3 application. The total number of respondents was 242 people. Findings: The results show that security and privacy had a significant positive effect on perceived value and trust, then perceived value had a significant positive impact on reuse intention. In contrast, the impact of faith on reuse intention was positive but not significant. Originality: This research topic is very important considering the lack of data at Tokopedia beginning of May 2020 was allegedly causing a decline in the number of Tokopedia users. It will become an important reference for many e-commerce in Indonesia, especially e-commerce companies. E-Commerce makes consumers return to use their services, or in this case, it is called the intention to reuse.

10-Year Study of Christian Church Support for Domestic Violence Victims: 2005-2015.

Religious beliefs play a significant role in the lives of victims of domestic violence. Victims find strength in their faith and would rather endure the violence at all costs to keep a family or a marriage together, than to compromise their faith by leaving. This 10 -year study explored the climate of support for victims of domestic violence among Christian clergy and church members between 2005 and 2015. Using a convenience sample, surveys were sent out to congregations in the Upper Midwest in 2005 and 2015. The survey included demographics; two items measuring perception of domestic violence in the congregation and community; six Likert Scale items regarding agreement with statements concerning leaving an abusive marriage; four "Yes-No" items regarding the impact of faith in leaving, support of the congregation, community resources, and clergy as counselors. The clergy's survey had the same questions plus open-ended questions about their skills in counseling victims, their congregation's support for victims, community resources, and beliefs that could impact a victim's choice in leaving. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, simple frequencies, and bivariate correlations. Narrative data were analyzed using content analysis. The results of this study indicated that change is slow. Members want their clergy to become more educated in counseling and in speaking about domestic violence from the pulpit. Clergy felt comfortable in making referrals for professional counseling, while the majority of members would prefer counseling with their pastor if they were in a violent relationship. Both clergy and members want to create a safe and supportive environment for victims/survivors of violent relationships. Findings from this study exemplify the need for pastors to remove the silence about domestic violence in their congregations and address the misunderstood social religious beliefs that may bind a victim to the violence.

RELAÇÃO ENTRE MEDICINA E ESPIRITUALIDADE/RELIGIOSIDADE: IMPACTO NO PROCESSO DE ADOECIMENTO

Estudos demonstram que pacientes com fé, seja ela religiosa ou não, costumam ter melhoria do bem-estar, sentimentos de significado e paz, reduções nas taxas de suicídio, depressão, ansiedade e abuso de substâncias, além de maior capacidade de enfrentamento do que aqueles céticos, havendo uma relação positiva da espiritualidade com saúde física e mental. Tal positividade reforça a ideia da espiritualidade ser uma estratégia no enfrentamento de situações adversas, funcionando como fonte de fortalecimento dos pacientes. Para tanto, este trabalho objetiva-se avaliar o impacto da fé, espiritualidade e religiosidade em indivíduos em situação de doença, e como ela influencia nesse cenário. Trata-se de um estudo de abordagem transversal e observacional, realizado por meio de aplicação de questionário a 74 pacientes atendidos em Unidade Básica de Saúde na cidade de Maringá-PR. Observou-se que a grande maioria dos entrevistados possuem algum tipo de fé/espiritualidade, a qual representa uma forma de apoio e auxílio no momento de adoecimento, ressaltando a importância de reconhecer os pacientes que possuem tal crença e explorar não só a parte física da doença, mas também a mental e espiritual, a fim de abordá-las como um pilar complementar na terapêutica.

Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Minnesota: Establishment of a Community Steering Committee by FAITH! (Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health).

Despite its rank as the fourth healthiest state in the United States, Minnesota has clear cardiovascular disease disparities between African-Americans and whites. Culturally-tailored interventions implemented using community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles have been vital to improving health and wellness among African-Americans. This paper delineates the establishment, impact, and lessons learned from the formation of a community steering committee (CSC) to guide the Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health (FAITH!) Program, a CBPR cardiovascular health promotion initiative among African-Americans in Minnesota. The theory-informed CSC implementation process included three phases: (1) Membership Formation and Recruitment, (2) Engagement, and (3) Covenant Development and Empowerment. The CSC is comprised of ten diverse community members guided by mutually agreed upon bylaws in their commitment to FAITH!. Overall, members considered the CSC implementation process effective and productive. A CBPR conceptual model provided an outline of proximal and distal goals for the CSC and FAITH!. The CSC implementation process yielded four lessons learned: (1) Have clarity of purpose and vision, (2) cultivate group cohesion, (3) employ consistent review of CBPR tenets, and (4) expect the unexpected. A robust CSC was established and was instrumental to the success and impact of FAITH! within African-American communities in Minnesota.

A Pilot Study to Develop and Validate the Social Worker’s Integration of their Faith – Christian (SWIF-C) Scale

Recent studies have demonstrated that social workers’ intrinsic religiosity is the largest predictor of whether they integrate clients’ religion/spirituality in practice. However, to date, no instrument has been developed to begin to understand the complex relationship between how a social worker’s faith impacts their social work practice and vice versa, especially among social workers who self-identify as Christian. Thus, this paper describes the development of the Social Worker’s Integration of their Faith – Christian (SWIF-C) scale to explore the following: 1) Does the SWIF-C have content and criterion validity? 2) Can the SWIF-C be condensed into fewer subscales to explain factors related to practitioners’ integration of their own religion, spirituality, and faith (RSF) into practice? The results indicated the SWIF-C is reliable and an exploratory factor analysis resulted in four subscales, including the: 1) impact of social work on one’s faith, 2) impact of faith on one’s social work practice, 3) impact of faith on one’s social work identity, and 4) conflict between one’s faith and social work. Based on these findings, implications and recommendations for social work education and practice are discussed.

Religion and Voter Choice Homogeneity in the Nigerian Presidential Elections of the Fourth Republic

AbstractThis article examines the influence of religion on voter choice homogeneity (VCH) in the Nigerian presidential elections of the fourth republic (1999–2015). The result indicates that in the first two elections, religion did not have a significant impact on VCH but had increasing influence from 2011. Thus, compared with the 1999 and 2003 elections, the effect of faith in 2011 and 2015 elections was positive, but the impact of religion was highest in 2015, having a significant and robust effect on VCH. Thus, the paper demonstrates that impact of faith in the presidential elections in the fourth republic has strengthened over time. This finding is, however, put in the context of each election regarding the role of candidates’ popularity, party-identification, ethnicity, candidates’ performance, the number of candidates contesting the election and the position of prominent leaders of the different regions of the country. The paper demonstrates that placing the influence of religion on vote choice in the context of each election and place-specific manifestation of VCH is pertinent in understanding better how religion shapes voting behaviour in Nigeria.

‘Generic’ Versus ‘Mature’ Measures of Christian Religiosity : Comparing two Quantitative Measures of Religiosity

A wide range of survey-based tools has been developed to measure religiosity, although the most commonly applied approaches tend to focus on ‘generic’ interpretations of religiosity for practical and generalising reasons. However, these generic approaches have not always been satisfactory due to the lack of variation in responses and the potential for poor correlation between the generic religiosity measure and the overall impact of faith in respondents’ lives, particularly in less secular contexts. This led us to explore whether there is a difference between measuring religiosity using a ‘generic’ versus a ‘mature’ approach using 227 Christian respondents on Bantayan Island, the Philippines. The findings suggest that overall religiosity among our respondents was high for both measures, that the measures are strongly correlated, and that there was no statistically significant difference between the scores for each scale; however, there was evidence to suggest that the two scales are examining different dimensions of religiosity. When correlating the two religiosity scores to other scales on our survey, there was no statistically significant difference among the correlations when using the mature or generic measure of religiosity. This has important implications for mental health and care research methodologies, for which we highlight the importance of using contextually appropriate measures that incorporate various dimensions of religiosity.

10-Year Study of Christian Church Support for Domestic Violence Victims: 2005-2015.

This 10 -year study explored the climate of support for victims of domestic violence among Christian clergy and church members between 2005 and 2015. Using a convenience sample, surveys were sent out to congregations in the Upper Midwest in 2005 and 2015. The survey included demographics; two items measuring perception of domestic violence in the congregation andcommunity; six Likert Scale items regarding agreement with statements concerning leaving an abusive marriage; four 'Yes-No' items regarding the impact of faith in leaving, support of the congregation, community resources,and clergy as counselors. The clergy's survey had the same questions, plus open-ended questions about their skills in counseling victims, their congregation's support for victims, community resources, and beliefs that could impact a victim's choice in leaving. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, simple frequencies, and bivariate correlations. Narrative data were analyzed using content analysis. The results of this study indicated that change is slow. Members want their clergy to become more educated in counseling and in speaking about domestic violence from the pulpit. Clergy felt comfortable in making referrals for professional counseling, while the majority of members would prefer counseling with their pastor if they were in a violent relationship. Both clergy and members want to create a safe and supportive environment for victims/survivors of violent relationships. Findings from this study exemplify the need for pastors to remove the silence about domestic violence in their congregations and address the misunderstood social religious beliefs that may bind a victim to the violence.

Book review:Youth on Religion: The Development, Negotiation and Impact of Faith and Non-faith Identity

Book review:<i>Youth on Religion: The Development, Negotiation and Impact of Faith and Non-faith Identity</i>

Happiness Function in an Islamic Economy: Triple Economic Growth, Fair Distribution and Human Happiness

This study investigated the characteristics of happiness function in an Islamic economy framework. It analyzed the nature and trend of the link between economic growth, equal distribution and level of human happiness. These interrelated concepts form the essence of this study problem. The study assumed four main possible tracks for the happiness function in an Islamic economy, which ultimately emphasized the wider concept of happiness that includes faith and moral values. It indicates that people’s happiness increases with the increase of material and non material resources. However, happiness increases even if material resources decline. That is a case which reflects impact of faith and moral values on people’s happiness. The study indicated the importance of conducting empirical and field studies to examine the effect of material and non- material potentials on happiness.&#x0D; Keywords: Happiness function, Material resources for Happiness, Nonmaterial resources for happiness, Economic growth, Equal distribution.

Happiness Function in an Islamic Economy: Triple Economic Growth, Fair Distribution and Human Happiness

This study investigated the characteristics of happiness function in an Islamic economy framework. It analyzed the nature and trend of the link between economic growth, equal distribution and level of human happiness. These interrelated concepts form the essence of this study problem. The study assumed four main possible tracks for the happiness function in an Islamic economy, which ultimately emphasized the wider concept of happiness that includes faith and moral values. It indicates that people’s happiness increases with the increase of material and non material resources. However, happiness increases even if material resources decline. That is a case which reflects impact of faith and moral values on people’s happiness. The study indicated the importance of conducting empirical and field studies to examine the effect of material and non- material potentials on happiness.&#x0D; Keywords: Happiness function, Material resources for Happiness, Nonmaterial resources for happiness, Economic growth, Equal distribution.

More Than a Job Club, Sister: Career Intervention for Women Following Incarceration

Following incarceration, women face unique challenges in returning to their communities and seeking employment. This qualitative study used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the lived experiences of previously incarcerated women as they participated in It's More Than a Job Club, Sister, a spiritually integrated career intervention, and subsequently sought employment. The following 4 superordinate themes emerged describing this experience: (a) It was more than a job club; (b) God gave me a second chance: the impact of faith on recovery and employment; (c) barriers to employment; and (d) looking ahead. The findings indicate the need for a strengths‐based approach to career intervention that builds upon existing skills and emphasizes identity exploration, uncovering core beliefs and vocational values, bridging the gap between goals and barriers, and leveraging interpersonal skills. The findings also indicate that career counseling with female returning citizens is enhanced by incorporating attention to the role of substance abuse/recovery and by attending to the intersection of calling and vocation.

The Spiritism as therapy in the health care in the epilepsy.

to present a brief history of Spiritism, the vision of epilepsy by Spiritism, and the potential of spirituality and religiosity care as complementary and coadjutants treatments in epilepsy. this is a brief review about the impact of faith, spirituality, and religiosity, particularly the Spiritism philosophy as complementary treatment to neurological disorders (particularly focusing on epilepsy) and mental health. We conduct a review of published articles (about religion/spirituality and epilepsy) in the Pubmed and SciELO databases. the exercise of spirituality and religiosity can be a positive coping strategy to support the traditional therapy of patients with epilepsy and other neurological disorders. However, it is necessary to demystify myths and beliefs about the epilepsy and improve knowledge about this important health dimension among professionals, patients, and caregivers to explore their full treatment and supportive potential.

Religious Roots of War Attitudes in the United States: Insights from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf

Existing scholarship regarding the impact of faith on foreign policy public opinion is divided on whether religious factors have any direct influence that is independent of political predispositions. I address this debate by analyzing the effect of religious background on attitudes toward the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf. Using American National Election Study data sets and a series of regression estimates, I find that the impact of religious factors—in terms of affiliation, attitudes on the Bible, and religious behavior—on perceptions toward each of the wars is rather indirect via political predispositions. The contribution of the piece lies in utilizing the Karlson, Holm, and Breen method to capture for the first time the exact scope of mediated effects for religious variables. In so doing, the study provides new insights on the patterns of interaction between religious and political factors shaping war-related attitudes.

“We don't Talk about that Around Here”: religion, Spirituality and Mental Health in Northern Ireland

Since the early 1970s, Northern Ireland has experienced violent conflict, the boundaries of which are shaped by religious identification. Although the violence has significantly decreased since the late 1990s, its legacy remains. Research evidences a complex relationship between religious and spiritual beliefs and mental well-being, there is a lack of research about how political conflict, in which religion plays a dominant role, may shape how beliefs may shape the impact of faith on mental health. This article draws upon the views and experiences of mental health service users’ from a qualitative study about religion, spirituality, mental health and social work practice. Participants’ accounts state that while the role of religion and spirituality within mental health was recognised, its exploration was marked with questions of legitimacy. This article proposes that support is needed for service users to both acknowledge this aspect of their mental well-being and promote their having choice about its inclusion in their mental health care.

Book Review: Nicola Madge, Peter J Hemming and Kevin Stenson with Nick Allum, Melania Calestani, Anthony Goodman, Katherine King, Sarah Kingston and Colin Webster, Youth on Religion: The Development, Negotiation and Impact of Faith and Non-Faith Identity

Book Review: Nicola Madge, Peter J Hemming and Kevin Stenson with Nick Allum, Melania Calestani, Anthony Goodman, Katherine King, Sarah Kingston and Colin Webster, Youth on Religion: The Development, Negotiation and Impact of Faith and Non-Faith Identity