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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VerfasserInnen: Ghorbani, Nima (VerfasserIn) ; Watson, P. J. (VerfasserIn, BeteiligteR) ; Sarmast, Zahra (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Chen, Zhuo Job
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: Journal of empirical theology
Jahr: 2018, Band: 31, Heft: 1, Seiten: 49-70
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Iran / Muslim / Reflexion (Philosophie) / Religiosität / Offenheit
IxTheo Notationen:AE Religionspsychologie
BJ Islam
KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika
weitere Schlagwörter:B post-critical beliefs Islamic religious reflection religious openness hypothesis Islam rumination-reflection Iran
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Zusammenfassung: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
Enthält:In: Journal of empirical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341367