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Taoism and religious coping
Author(s)
Date Issued
2022
ISSN
2578-5095
Citation
Mental Health & Human Resilience International Journal, 2022, vol. 6(1).
Description
Open access
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
In facing life adversity, coping strategy is adopted to resume control over the environment; otherwise, mental health and
wellbeing will be adversely affected. In this light, it is found that religion affects coping, as for those people having religious
belief, their coping strategies will primarily be based on their affiliated religion. This study aims to examine the religious
coping of Taoism - a religion indigenous to China. The devotional activities lay down in Taoism permit people to interact with
the supernatural forces in the universe. Through the rituals, people can psychologically experience an enhanced control over
the environment which results from associating vicariously with the deities. Given the scarcity of study on the Eastern religion
in extant literature, this study contributes to the understanding of the religious coping in Taoism, a religion mainly practiced
in China.
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