Fundamentalism: at the heart or at the margins of religion? Festival della Psicologia
(2016) Festival della Psicologia, University of Turin and Piedmont Psychologists Order — Location: Turin, Italy (31.March.2016)
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- Is fundamentalism at the heart of the very nature of religious beliefs and practices, or is it at the margins of religious faith and devotion, and may even oppose them? Does religion “cause” intergroup conflict and violence or is it simply used or exploited for non-religious motives and goals? Are fundamentalists the same across religions and cultures, or has each major religion its own style of fundamentalism? What kind of underlying factors are at the heart of the fundamentalist personality: cognitive, emotional, social, or moral? Finally, to what extent religious fundamentalism is similar or differs from other kinds of radicalisms (e.g., ideological, political, and moral ones)? This talk will address these questions and will offer empirical psychological evidence coming from various kinds of studies (surveys, international data, lab experiments) offering initial answers to the above questions.
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Saroglou, V. (2016). Fundamentalism: at the heart or at the margins of religion? Festival della Psicologia. Festival della Psicologia, University of Turin and Piedmont Psychologists Order, Turin, Italy. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/110140