this article seeks to reveal the theoretical basics of islabmic fundamentalism. precedence of religion over reason in epistemology, emphasize on human being duties in anthropology, government on the base of jurisprudence in political approach, and criticizing the western civilization, are the theoretical indicators of islamic fundamentalism. the devotees of islam (fada'iyan-e islam) as an ...

This research looks at the relationship between religious commitment/affiliation and traditional beliefs. Data from the 1993 General Social Survey is used to test hypotheses linking religious commitment and religious affiliation to traditional gender role beliefs and conservative political views. Findings show statistical significance but weak substantive support for the idea that fundamentalis...

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.03.018 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 651 470 5624; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Ludeke). Social attitudes, political attitudes and religiousness are highly inter-correlated. Furthermore, each is substantially influenced by genetic factors. Koenig and Bouchard (2006) hypothesized that these thr...

On the basis of K. Stenner's (2005) authoritarian dynamic theory, it was hypothesized that the number of death sentences and executions would be higher in more threatened conservative states than in less threatened conservative states, and would be lower in more threatened liberal states than in less threatened liberal states. Threat was based on state homicide rate, violent crime rate, and non...