Religious fanaticism
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Religious fanaticism is fanaticism associated with a religion.
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[edit] Correlations
Religious fanaticism has been shown to be correlated with orthodoxy and the self-importance of the belief to the individual. It is inversely correlated with consciousness of ambivalence.[1]
These attitudes are related to personality attributes such as authoritarianism, conservatism and concern for status. They are also associated with general social characteristics such as gender, location and community size.[1]
[edit] Spirituality
Some devoutly religious people seek intense spirituality and so seek to deny themselves the pleasures and temptations of the flesh by means of asceticism, scourging and even self-mutilation.[2]
[edit] Impact
In his book The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins argues that religious fanatics have a major impact on the world.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Snell Putney, Russell Middleton (May, 1961), “Dimensions and Correlates of Religious Ideologies”, Social Forces (University of North Carolina Press): 285-290, <http://www.jstor.org/pss/2573423>
- ^ Laura Weiss Roberts, Michael Hollifield, Teresita McCarty (March 1998), “Psychiatric Evaluation of a "Monk" Requesting Castration”, The American Journal of Psychiatry (no. 155): 415-420, <http://www.mgr.org/fanmonk.html>
- ^ Richard Dawkins (2007). The God Delusion. Black Swan, 13-22.
