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Based on analysis of the data from the 2017–2018 Global Church Member Survey (GCMS), this article investigates the unique combination of legalistic and loving beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of Seventh-day Adventists. It shows how widespread and culturally variant their beliefs are in relation to legalism while they generally believe in and serve a God with loving characteristics. This article highlights the degree to which cultural influences correlate with legalistic beliefs and how legalistic beliefs relate to the experience of negative emotions and a lack of self-worth/unhappiness.
Recommended Citation
Činčala, Petr; McBride, Duane C.; and Drumm, René D..
"Loving Legalists? How Adventists Simultaneously Embrace God’s Love and Adhere to Legalistic Beliefs."
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
60.2
(2022):
207-223.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/auss/vol60/iss2/5
