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The article aims to explore how Christian faith can serve as a stabilizing factor during existential crises.

June 13, 2026Open Access

Christian Faith as a Stabilising Factor in Existential Crises: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Across Psychology, Stoicism, and Religious Studies

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The article aims to explore how Christian faith can serve as a stabilizing factor during existential crises.
Interdisciplinary analysis of psychological and philosophical concepts.
Examination of resilience research and Stoic philosophy.
Discussion of the role of faith in providing meaning during vulnerability.
Christian faith functions as an external anchor during moments of existential disruption.
Faith provides a non-contingent source of meaning beyond personal control.
Contrasts optimism and self-efficacy by offering support when conventional coping mechanisms fail.

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Phases of existential disruption expose the fragility of human autonomy. Stability is often understood today as a product of personal control. When that control collapses, psychological disintegration becomes likely. This article examines the stabilising function of Christian faith in moments of extreme vulnerability. Drawing on resilience research, existential psychology, and early Stoic thought, it argues that Christian trust in God operates as an external, relational anchor that protects individuals from the collapse of self-referential meaning systems. Unlike optimism or self-efficacy, faith offers a non-contingent horizon of meaning. It supports people when conventional coping fails.

Christian Faith as a Stabilising Factor in Existential Crises: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Across Psychology, Stoicism, and Religious Studies

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