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Research, news, and commentary on the psychological study of religion. PsyRel also announces improvements to Nielsen's Psychology of Religion.
Research, news, and commentary on the psychological study of religion. PsyRel also announces improvements to Nielsen's Psychology of Religion.
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Interesting article. It was pointed out in the comments of the article, but the author's link to monotheism in the introduction seems somewhat unsupported and vague. He begins by stating that monotheism creates fanatics and then deconstructs this argument by saying that a very small proportion of Muslims become fanatics, and those that do are fanaticized by culture, tribe, and circumstance rather than religion per se.
Still very interesting. We have indeed seen that there are wealthy, well-off people who become fundamentalists. I have spoken to Muslims here in the United States, and many of them hope for a new, "purer" (their words) form of Islam to be created here in the United States, that seeks not to convert, but seeks to be understood. I am interested in seeing whether this sentiment is held on a larger scale.
Very interesting topic, it really helps a lot.
Adam
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