Experience of Spiritual Dryness and Acedia Symptoms in Seventh-Day Adventists

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 02 Nov 2020 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Religion and Health, volume 60, pages 1,261-1,280 (issn: 0022-4197, eissn: 1573-6571,

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Authors: Arndt Büssing; Lorethy Starck; Klaus van Treeck;

doi: 10.1007/s10943-020-01092-7

pmid: 33136232

pmc: PMC7997817

Experience of Spiritual Dryness and Acedia Symptoms in Seventh-Day Adventists

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AbstractIn a cross-sectional survey among 626 Adventists, we investigated their perception of spiritual dryness, and its association with indicators of Acedia, well-being and emotional exhaustion. Women, younger persons and those without a specific duty within the church had significantly higher spiritual dryness scores. Spiritual dryness was predicted best by perceived Excessive Spiritual Demands (indicating spiritual exhaustion) and low perception of the sacred. Further predictors are Acedia’s Difficulties in Prayer Life, reduced well-being and emotional exhaustion. The underlying causes might be complex and thus to support persons experiencing these phases, a thorough differentiation of the underlying ‘spirits’ is required.

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Witten/Herdecke University
Germany

Keywords

Original Paper, Cross-Sectional Studies, Protestantism, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Female, Spirituality, Spirituality ; Surveys and Questionnaires [MeSH] ; Female [MeSH] ; Acedia ; Spiritual dryness ; Humans [MeSH] ; Original Paper ; Seventh-day Adventists ; Protestantism [MeSH] ; Cross-Sectional Studies [MeSH] ; Spirituality [MeSH] ; Well-being

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