Post-Critical Beliefs and Religious Reflection: Religious Openness Hypothesis in Iranian University and Islamic Seminary Students

Negative relationships between Post-Critical Beliefs in Iran imply that Muslim perspectives are closed-minded, but positive correlations between Religious Reflection factors point instead toward a Muslim open-mindedness. The hypothesis of this study was that this contrast reveals the Post-Critical B...

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Autori: Ghorbani, Nima (Autore) ; Watson, P. J. (Autore, Altro) ; Sarmast, Zahra (Autore)
Altri autori: Chen, Zhuo Job
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2018
In: Journal of empirical theology
Anno: 2018, Volume: 31, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 49-70
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Iran / Musulmano / Riflessione (Filosofia) / Religiosità / Apertura
Notazioni IxTheo:AE Psicologia delle religioni
BJ Islam
KBL Medio Oriente
Altre parole chiave:B post-critical beliefs Islamic religious reflection religious openness hypothesis Islam rumination-reflection Iran
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Riepilogo:Negative relationships between Post-Critical Beliefs in Iran imply that Muslim perspectives are closed-minded, but positive correlations between Religious Reflection factors point instead toward a Muslim open-mindedness. The hypothesis of this study was that this contrast reveals the Post-Critical Belief of Symbolism to be a questionable index of Muslim open-mindedness. Iranian university students and Islamic seminarians (N = 296) responded to Post-Critical Beliefs, Religious Reflection, Religious Orientation, Quest, Rumination-Reflection, and Satisfaction with Life measures. The “openness” of Symbolism correlated negatively with the “openness” of Intellect Oriented Reflection. Other relationships broadly documented Muslim potentials for openness. Evidence of open-mindedness also appeared in contrasts between university students and Islamic seminarians. These results argued against Symbolism as a culturally sensitive measure of Muslim open-mindedness and supported the claim of the Religious Openness Hypothesis that traditional religions have at least some potentials for openness that can be obscured by contextual influences.
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ISSN:1570-9256
Comprende:In: Journal of empirical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341367