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Religious belief and social policy: Part I
Author(s) -
Peirce John
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1989.tb00498.x
Subject(s) - contemplation , religious belief , plea , relevance (law) , social psychology , expression (computer science) , psychology , epistemology , belief system , sociology , philosophy , law , political science , computer science , programming language
The nature of religious belief is briefly examined and reference is made to specifically Christian religious belief. The practical expression of this is described as four responses under stereotypical allegorical animals. The difficulties of translating religious belief into practice are alluded to and a plea is entered for a fifth response that distils a number of values from a contemplation of society that will be of relevance to it.