RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM: UNDERSTANDING THE ESSENCE

Religious extremism: the good, the bad, and the deadly

This paper challenges conventional views of violent religious extremism, particularly those that emphasize militant theology. We offer an alternative analysis that helps explain the persistent demand for religion, the different types of religious that naturally arise, and the special attributes of the “sectarian” type. Sects are adept at producing club goods – both spiritual and material. Where...

The essence of the religious faith for Paul Tillich

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Emergent Extremism in a Multi-agent Model of Religious Clubs

This paper extends the club model of religion to better account for observed patterns of extremism. We adapt existing models to a multi-agent framework and analyze the distribution of agents and clubs. We find that extremism is more successful when religious groups are able to produce close substitutes for standard goods and that increased access to publicly provided goods can reduce the extrem...

Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology and Religious Extremism: Some Historical Evidences

مطابق معرفت­شناسی اصلاح شده آلوین پلانتینگا، باورهای دینی همچون باورهای ادراکی، پایه هستند و از این رو نیازی به توجیه بیشتر ندارند. اما همانگونه که بارها گفته شده است این عقیده به نسبی­گرایی منتهی می­شود. ما در این مقاله ابتدا استدلال می­کنیم که نه فقط بعد نسبی­گرایانه آن نظریه به افراط­گرایی دینی منجر می­شود، بلکه می­توان از آن برای توجیه افراط­گرایی نیز استفاده کرد. سپس با ذکر چند گواهی تاریخ...

Understanding the Essence of Modern Diplomacy