Muslim Values in Islamic and Non-Islamic Societies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12836505
AutoresRobert M Marsh (Brown University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas29-63
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/156913310x502842
OpenAlexW2056615354
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas20

Values are conceptions of the desirable in various domains of life. This study tests the hypotheses that (1) when Muslims are a minority living in a non-Islamic society (e.g., India, Singapore, Uganda), their values are more similar to those of the non-Muslim majority religion in their society than to those of Muslims in Muslim-majority Islamic societies (e.g., Iran, Morocco, Pakistan); and (2) this tendency toward value assimilation is more pronounced when the Muslim minority is socially included, rather than excluded, by the non-Muslim majority. Data from representative samples of the population of nine Muslim-majority societies and nine Muslim-minority societies in the 2000 (fourth) wave of the World Values Surveys are used to construct scales for three domains of cultural values: religious values, family values, and gender values, and measures of social exclusion. The findings largely confirm hypothesis 1 and lend some support to hypothesis 2

Geography · Islam · Muslim community · Population · Religious values · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Cultural Differences and Values · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies