Religion and tolerance of minority sects in the Arab world
Does religious behavior always promote hostility toward members of other faiths? This article suggests that the relationship between personal religious behavior and religious tolerance is not so simple. Even in the Arab World, frequently cited as a center of religious piety and intolerance, differen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
2020
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| In: |
The journal of conflict resolution
Year: 2020, Volume: 64, Issue: 2-3, Pages: 432-458 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious identity
B Statistical analysis B Interfaith dialogue B Religion B Tolerance B Population group B Lebanon B Intolerance B Religious conflict B Religious practice B Arab countries B Minority B Religious organization |
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| Summary: | Does religious behavior always promote hostility toward members of other faiths? This article suggests that the relationship between personal religious behavior and religious tolerance is not so simple. Even in the Arab World, frequently cited as a center of religious piety and intolerance, different forms of religious behavior have markedly different effects on attitudes toward minority sects. Using both observational and experimental data from across the Arab World as well as an original nationally representative survey conducted in Lebanon in 2013 and 2014, I argue that while communal religious practice does indeed tend to promote intolerant attitudes, personal prayer has precisely the opposite effect. These findings indicate that the traditional assumption that piety invariably leads to intolerance should be rethought. Even in one of the most sectarian environments in the world, private religious behavior can have a substantial pro-tolerance effect. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 454-458 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8766 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of conflict resolution
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0022002719864404 |