Intellectual Humility and Forgiveness of Religious Conflict
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Publication Source
Journal of Psychology and Theology
Volume Number
43
Issue Number
4
First Page
255
Last Page
262
ISSN
0091-6471
Abstract
Intellectual humility (IH) involves an accurate view of one's intellectual strengths and weaknesses as well as the ability to negotiate different ideas in an interpersonally respectful manner. The current study examined how IH and perceptions of IH affect responses to a religious conflict. Participants (N = 200) were undergraduate students who filled out online questionnaires about their experience of a religious conflict. Participants rated (a) their own IH toward the offender's religious beliefs and values, (b) their perception of the offender's IH toward the participants' religious beliefs and values, and (c) their own general humility. Next, they reported their forgiveness of the offender following a religious conflict. Both victim IH and perceived IH of the offender were positively associated with forgiveness, even when controlling for general humility. We conclude by discussing limitations and areas for future research.
Keywords
Close Relationships, Personality Judgment, Scale
Recommended Citation
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