religious doubt
Spiritual uncertainty emerges
Religious doubt is uncertainty or skepticism about matters of faith—the existence of God, the truth of scripture, the validity of religious teachings.
It ranges from passing questions to profound crisis: She struggled with religious doubt after her father's death.
Unlike outright disbelief, doubt implies an unsettled state, often accompanied by spiritual distress or searching.
- theodicyDefense of divine goodness
- problem of evilWhy omnipotent goodness allows suffering
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- backslidingReverting to former sins
heresy · deconversion · church hurt · spiritual struggle · secularism · lapsed · faith crisis · dark night of the soul · anxiety · cognitive dissonance · nihilism · disenchantment · epistemology · introspection · interfaith dialogue · existential angst · ambivalence · question
- belieffaith, belief, belief systems, creed, dogma
- faith crisisfaith crisis, questioning faith, spiritual struggle, dark night of the soul, spiritual crisis
- philosophical conceptsnihilism, agnosticism, rationalism, existentialism, empiricism
- Unbeliefatheism, agnosticism, irreligion, nonbelief, disbelief
- irreligionatheism, agnosticism, antitheism, freethought, godlessness
- pastoral carepastoral counseling, spiritual counseling, church counseling, spiritual care, soul care
religious doubtcertitude
Firm belief, unshakable
faith · belief · religious conviction · certainty · trust in God
religious doubtpiety
Sincere religious devotion
devotion · religious devotion · zealotry · religious zeal · steadfast faith