Vicarious dissonance and the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew
Pisilä, Mikko (2018-12-01)
Pisilä, Mikko
The Donner Institute
01.12.2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2018121851265
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2018121851265
Tiivistelmä
This article presents a novel social-scientific approach to the Gospel of Matthew, one of the most influential texts in the history of Christianity. This approach combines social-psychological and narrative-critical methodology. The aim is to demonstrate how the gospel narrative functions to transform the social identity of its audience and stimulate group commitment via the social-psychological phenomenon of vicarious cognitive dissonance.