A Survey of the relationship between the religion value model and the cognitive structure of emotion

Religion plays an influential role in forming the structure of emotions and it intends to organize its entire structure. The intersection of religion and the cognitive structure of emotions is where discussions about moral values come into play. The existence of emotions is primarily perceived as involuntary and, with this description, it cannot be evaluated. However, the will of human is highlighted in the religion`s value system and the quality of emotional experience is somehow dependent on the will and possibility of choice, and thus it can be valued. This study aims to examine the relationship between the religious value pattern (the Quran) and the cognitive structure of emotions. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the analysis method is in the framework of cognitive theory. The analysis of data in various cases demonstrates a unilateral presentation of religious data in the conceptual structure of emotions regardless of time, place, culture, and individuality; the religious value pattern differs from the cognitive pattern of emotions, which typically includes cause, existence, control, loss of control, and reaction. The structure of religion tends to maintain its patterns in a transtemporal-spatial form. Emotions in the religious model are different from those in this world. According to the religious pattern, emotional concepts studied within established causes are attributed value; furthermore, the behavior and quality of emotional experience by religious individuals are somewhat predictable.