%0 Journal Article %T Evaluation of the Faith of Destiny in Terms of the Defense Mechanism and the Religious Way of Coping %A C¨¹neyd Ayd£¿n %J - %D 2019 %X Abstract Defense mechanisms and (religious) coping which are important concepts of modern psychology and religion psychology and theoretical and relational studies on the relationship between religious beliefs and practices are increasingly underway. However, it is necessary to determine whether religious beliefs and practices are used by believers as a sort of defense mechanism or as a (religious) coping strategy. Because, in the case of religious beliefs, the appropriateness of using these concepts in place of each other in terms of Religious Psychology, is important to prevent a possible confusion of concepts and to ensure that the work being done proceeds in the right direction. The aim of this article is to try to evaluate the situations in which people use the belief in fate, which is one of the important belief principles of Islam, as defense mechanism. The results obtained from the evaluations are used as a kind of defense mechanism and emotion-focused coping strategy when the belief in fate is not understood properly. In the case of correct God imagination and fate belief, it is used as a collaborative and self-sufficient religious coping strategy with a problem-solving coping strategy. Summary In recent years in the field of psychology of religious coping and religious coping with defense mechanisms and theoretical and relational screening studies on religious belief and practice continues to increase in Turkey. However, in these studies, fate is expressed as defense mechanism and the way of coping. These two concepts, though similar aspects, do not mean the same. In this respect, it is possible to express the main problem of research as follows: ¡°Can fate be expressed as a religious basis that people should believe? Or is fate a kind of defense mechanism for dealing with difficulties or is it a function of religious coping?¡± It is important to answer this question. Because, it is necessary to determine where the concepts of religion psychology are located in religious beliefs. Thus, in this science, a possible confusion of the concept will be prevented and the studies on these issues will proceed in the right direction. Otherwise, the results of the studies will lead to wrong or incomplete orientation of the researchers and readers who are interested in the subject. From this point of view, the main aim of this study is to show how religious people understand the belief of fate, which is one of the important faith principles of other religions and Islam. Then, our main objective is to try to name these uses in appropriate terms. Thus, both %K Din Psikolojisi %K Savunma Mekanizmalar£¿ %K Ba£¿a £¿£¿kma %K Dini Ba£¿a £¿£¿kma %K Kader %U http://dergipark.org.tr/hititilahiyat/issue/46538/469645