Leap of faith

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Lean of faith is trust in a person or thing without the person making the trust knowing whether this trust is justified. On the one hand, the willingness (probability that the trust will not be violated) and on the other hand the intensity (amount of the risked advance payment) are included in the assessment of the advance payment.

When entering into a trust advance of Trusting thus risking injury and is a risk one. If there is too little trust, a culture of control can emerge.

There are three expectations of the recipient of the leap of faith:

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  1. ↑ A leap of faith . www.duden.de. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  2. Ulrich Schmiedel: Trust Understood? . In: New journal for systematic theology and philosophy of religion . 56, No. 3, October 1, 2014, pp. 379 to 392.