NEGATIVE INFLUENCE MARKERS OF RELIGIOUS FANATICS IN SOCIETY
NEGATIVE INFLUENCE MARKERS OF RELIGIOUS FANATICS IN SOCIETY
Author(s): Iulian DinulescuSubject(s): Cultural history, Civil Society, History of ideas, Comparative Studies of Religion, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Developing nations, Present Times (2010 - today), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: Religion; religious fanaticism; behavior; attitude; fanatics; precepts;
Summary/Abstract: Religious fanaticism is a ubiquitous phenomenon in society, shaping and generating complex individual and collective behaviors and duplications both in relation to members of the community they belong to and those outside them. An important role in determining such behaviors has the religious precepts adopted by fanatics. They definitely influence the behavior of the followers as well as the way those with extreme and intolerant religiosity relate, ie the religious fanatics to themselves and to those with whom they interact. For some fanatics, their behavior has a component represented by that of violence committed in the name of their divinity. What is worse is that they think they are right and the rest of the members of society are not, which is why the latter are guilty before the supreme being for not following the sacred precepts and consequently not adapting their behavior to those precepts. For these reasons, the article will analyze the common landmarks of all the entities that fanaticize their followers, as well as the uniqueness of the repercussions on the other members of society.
Journal: Studia Securitatis
- Issue Year: XVI/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 155-168
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
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