| ID | 161477 |
| Title Proper | Religious commitment or a textualist-traditionalist understanding of Islam? the impact of religious orientations upon social tolerance in Turkey |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Altınoğlu, Ebru |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Most empirical studies report that religious people are less likely to be tolerant in social or political life. This study, however, claims that rather than religiosity per se, adherence to a textualist-traditionalist understanding of Islam, which is based on a literal reading of the sacred texts and a heavy reliance on the tradition, and which generates timeless and absolute standards of good and bad conduct, leads to social intolerance towards members of out-groups. Religious commitment exacerbates intolerance in the case of textualist-traditionalist believers, but not necessarily in the case of non-textualists. These arguments are tested on a sample of the Sunni population from Turkey by using the July 2012 data-set of the KONDA Barometer series. The analysis points to two different mind-sets generating distinct tolerance attitudes. |
| `In' analytical Note | British Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 45, No.5; Dec 2018: p.695-715 |
| Journal Source | British Journal of Middle East Studies Vol: 45 No 5 |
| Key Words | Turkey ; Religious Commitment ; Islam ; Social Tolerance ; Textualist-Traditionalist |