Friday, January 3, 2020
Historical Development Of Religious Research - 3743 Words
Abstract Researches on religiosity have always faced some obstacles due to its sensitive nature. The lack of reliable research can be considered one factor which makes it difficult for both Islamic and Western society to understand each assertion. The purpose of this paper is to suggest questions which should be examined for further and more correct understanding on religiosity by analyzing and comparing the results of ten articles. This paper reviews ten articles which respectively deal with research methodology, empirical survey on religious attitudes in Islamic society and empirical survey on religious attitudes in Western society. As a result, it is emerged that there is common tendency in religiosity. In addition, it is revealed thatâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦Of all collisions that exist today, the one between Islam and the West is one of the most evident and the most influential confrontation. In most cases, the collision occurs due to different observances of international law lik e womenââ¬â¢s rights or the criminal law. In addition, the difference in observance is caused by different attitudes towards a religious idea or religion itself. Therefore, cultivating an understanding on religious attitudes and tendencies of each country can be a way for two antagonists to ease the discrepancy. Is it because for Western countries religious adherence is not as important as Muslims that they one-sidedly try to impose on Islamic society an international idea which has roots in a Western thought? Or even though Western citizens are also as religious as Muslims, are they able to think of a political matter separately from religion? To reply to these questions, religiosity of each religion followers must be analyzed and compared. The purposes of this paper are firstly to detect what is needed for further understanding of Muslim religiosity. Secondly, it is to explore what can be done to moderate the conflict. Accordingly, this paper analyzes the results and suggestio ns from ten articles on religious controversy or religiosity itself. The articles can be roughly classified into three sections according to its main focus; 1) Introduction of measurement scale of
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