ABSTRACT
A number of the early writers in the Psychology of Religion, notably Allport and Ross, did some empirical studies on religious orientation. One of the characteristics of a quest orientation is the ability to engage with and integrate new experiences and understandings. This enables people to move from a primary paradigm of virtue to one of holiness. Holiness, theologically, has its origins in the nature of the Divine and thus it becomes, by derivation and through relationship, a characteristic of those who seek to integrate the Divine into their lives - both individuals and communities of faith. Wisdom is often described as sanctified common sense, the common sense of one who is holy. Orthopraxis is the application in daily living of holiness and wisdom. In order to facilitate a movement away from concern with external goods towards internal goods it is necessary to change the primary paradigm for contemporary church life from a commercial/consumerist one to an educational/pedagogical one.
