Non-Belief

An Islamic Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9745136
AutoresKenan Sevinç (0000-0002-6726-9827), Thomas J Coleman (0000-0002-3003-5090, Coventry University), Ralph W Hood (0000-0002-5165-6830, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen7
Fecha de publicación2018-07-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSecularism and Nonreligion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2053-6712 • E-ISSN: 2053-6712
EditorialUbiquity Press, Ltd. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5334/snr.111
OpenAlexW2884828342
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas31

Psychology of religion research is typically conducted with Protestant populations living in the West. Only recently has non-belief in God become a central topic in the field. And while it remains an open question whether or not the research assumptions and theoretical frameworks designed for Western populations of Protestants can be applied to non-believers, exploring non-belief in the Islamic context may pose additional problems. For example, do Western concepts and terms such as “church attendance” or “atheist” have equivalent meaning in the Muslim world? Are there any structural differences within Islam and Christianity that may contribute to the uneven number of self-reported non-believers within these cultures? In this article, we argue that a cultural psychological approach can provide a useful perspective for researching non-belief in the Muslim cultural context

Belief system · Christianity · Church attendance · Epistemology · Islam · Protestantism · Religiosity · Sociology · Theology · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology