God-mediated control, religiousness, attributes of god and of the ideal religious life

Among 79 students the ones who scored higher on Berrenberg's (1987) God-med iated Control Scale rated themselves as more religious (r=.85). They also e ndorsed "knowing my God" as more important for the ideal religious life tha n "believing the right things." "Doing the right things" was even less impo rtant to them. God-mediated control and "knowing my God" correlated with ra ting God as understanding, forgiving, and helpful, whereas "believing the r ight things" was associated only with the attribute of helpful. "Doing the right things" correlated with none of these attributes of God The roles of believing and doing require further exploration.