Introspecting the Self in Flux

Hemant Banjare

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.77230

Introspecting the Self in Flux

Author(s)	Mr. Hemant Banjare
Country	India
Abstract	Religious studies are devoted to research on religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historical, and cross-cultural perspectives. Religious views on the self vary widely across religions, sects, and faiths. The self is a complex and core subject in many forms of religion and spirituality. The self is also commonly considered as the ego—the learned and the self, which is sometimes called the True Self. In Hinduism, the self or the Atma is not an individual but a representation of the transcendent god Brahm. Buddhism sees attachment to self as an illusion that serves as the main cause of suffering and unhappiness. Traditional Christian beliefs consider self-love and self-acceptance as the epitome of religious and social development. Socrates and the Christian intellectual tradition have consistently affirmed that self-knowledge—seeking the truth about ourselves and self-improvement—maintains efforts to cultivate our strengths, overcome our weaknesses, and realize our potential. Religious studies have contributed to the self's search for ultimate meaning through independent comprehension of the sacred. It has greatly affected identity formation through anxiety and interrogation. The scientific revolution and changing social, moral, political, and economic conditions have shaken man’s faith in the authority of religion and the church and the established order, thus reemphasizing the transformative process of the self. Freud’s emphasis on the power of the unconscious to affect conduct has significantly influenced religious psychology and the comprehension of the self in flux. The ability of human beings to look back on themselves as both subjects and objects in the universe raises questions about who we are and the nature of our own importance. In modern times the belief about the self is in flux and has undergone a radical transition and metamorphosis, emphasizing cognitive and aesthetic development originating from the religious nexus.
Keywords	Religious studies, self-love, self-acceptance, self-knowledge, self-improvement, identity formation, anxiety and interrogation, self in flux, radical transition, metamorphosis, and religious nexus.
Field	Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On	2026-05-05
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.77230

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