Active or Passive?

"Among the more striking findings, researchers said, were responses to questions concerning how people viewed God's connection—or anger—with the world.
"Distinct patterns emerged,leading researchers at the Texas-based university to identify what they called 'America's Four Gods.'"

The Los Angeles Times reports on a recent study conducted by the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion that breaks down Americans view of God as authoritarian, benevolent, critical, or distant.