Religious Coping Essay

The most important question that needed to be answered is, is religious Council helping or hindering these people? For majority of people that depends on what church you go to. Someone who frequently visit the town to town revival services were traveling pastors usually lay their hands on a blind man, crippled woman, or a person with a severe condition in the name of Jesus hoping h will give them the power to heal that local townsman who no one in attendance seems to know. He usually restores whatever illness or imperfect defect they may claim to have. People who visit those revivals may believe that religious council is the only way to help with bereavement. While others who may be new to the whole christian scene or returning from a leave of absence may seek licensed …show more content…
Although they had found that not all of the believers find spiritual comfort because of her negative religious coping. Negative religions coping is behaviors and thoughts about God were one is feeling spiritually abandoned because of lack of good coping methods or an abundance of self blame, and also questioning God's power. But with every negative there is a positive and that positive is appropriately named positive religious coping. Positive religious coping is a pattern that consists of but is not limited to and in no particular order religious forgiveness, seeking spiritual support, collaborative religious coping, spiritual connection, religious purification, and benevolent religious appraisal. Beginning stages of this study done by University of Memphis had already proven that they are positive and negative religious coping skills. If there are negative coping skills some maybe hindered by those answering the question does religious council hinder those who seek it. This survey also raises another question which it answers as well. Is religious Council hindering people more than it is helping