Construction and Validation of Afterlife Belief Scale for Muslims

Ghayas, Saba; Batool, Syeda Shahida

doi:10.1007/s10943-016-0258-z

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“…Analysis of the Jordanian data revealed gender differences, and it was found that the level of CTAP belief was higher among females. This is somewhat consistent with previous studies that found that females scored higher on Islamic negative afterlife beliefs (Ghayas and Batool 2017). No gender differences were found among the Malaysian sample.…”

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To Heaven through Hell: Are There Cognitive Foundations for Purgatory? Evidence from Islamic Cultures

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The purgatory doctrine, which has played a vital role in Christian culture, states that most believers must experience afterlife punishment in order to be cleansed of their sins before entering Heaven. Traditional Islamic theology rejects the notion of purgatory (Al-Motahher) through the Balance doctrine (Mizan), which states that if the good deeds performed during a Muslim’s life outweigh their bad deeds, the person will enter heaven without suffering or punishment. This study hypothesizes that folk intuitions and cognitive biases (tendency to proportionality) explain, in part, the emergence and spread of the purgatory doctrine in the Islamic world. Drawing on a cognitive science of religion lens, the current study examines this hypothesis in an Islamic cultural context. Quantitative surveys (three studies) conducted in Jordan (n = 605, and n = 239) and Malaysia (n = 303) indicate that the doctrine of purgatory is prevalent (36% in Jordan and 69% in Malaysia) despite its contradiction with the Balance doctrine as defined by Islamic theology. To our knowledge, this is the first study documenting the phenomenon of theological incorrectness in Muslim afterlife beliefs by using empirical research. Implementation of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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To Heaven through Hell: Are There Cognitive Foundations for Purgatory? Evidence from Islamic Cultures

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“…The positive correlation between AFE and RBA supports the results of previous studies, which found a negative link between negative beliefs about the afterlife and mental health (Flannelly 2017;Ghayas and Batool 2017;Ghorbani et al 2008). However, the findings contradict studies suggesting that fear of the afterlife is one of the most important functions of religion in activating self-control (Baumeister et al 2010;Kim-Spoon et al 2015;Laurin et al 2012;McCullough and Willoughby 2009;Pirutinsky 2014;Rounding et al 2012), promoting positive social behavior (Saleam and Moustafa 2016), and reducing levels of crime (Shariff and Rhemtulla 2012).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…For example, the subject of afterlife reward and punishment is a major theme found throughout the Qur'an, the main source text of the Islamic religion (Dastmalchian 2017; Lange 2016; Murata and Chittick 1994). Currently, studies have begun to pay attention to the importance of understanding the details of afterlife beliefs concerning reward and punishment in order to understand the psychological and social impact of these beliefs (Ghayas and Batool 2017; Wrocawska-Warchala and Warchala 2015).…”

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To Heaven or to Hell: Are Muslims’ Afterlife Hope and Fear Balanced? A Cross-Cultural Study

Al-Issa

Krauss

Roslan

et al. 2020

Review of Religious Research

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Islamic theology emphasizes the importance of achieving balance (equilibrium) between afterlife hope and fear for spiritual health. This study is a preliminary step to measure this phenomenon among young Muslims. The aim of this study is to examine afterlife expectations balance by developing new survey measures of afterlife hope expectations (AHE) and afterlife fear expectations (AFE). After validating the content of both measures, data were collected from Jordanian university students ( N = 605) and Malaysian university students ( N = 303). Exploratory and confirmatory analyses support the validity of the AHE and AFE. The results from both countries indicate a high level of AHE and a low level of AFE among Muslim youth. Potential implications on spiritual health and recommendations for future research are discussed.

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“…Adherents to religions which teach that an affiliation with one's own faith is crucial for a happy destiny in the afterlife might have a separate motive for staying within this religion and keeping a proper distance from the possible truths of other worldviews. For some Muslims and Christians, thoughts of afterlife might be an important motivation for holding on to a firm belief and actively rejecting possible doubts (Ghayas and Batool 2017).…”

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Dimensions of the Relationship between the Individual and Her Unique Worldview Construction

Eidhamar

2021

Religions

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Each individual constructs his own private worldview using elements from established worldview traditions. The biographical character of this formation makes this the individual’s “Unique Worldview Construction” (UWC). The purpose of this theoretical study is to analyse the dynamic relationship between the individual and her own UWC. It describes more how than what he believes in or denies. The variation is exceedingly complex. To make it accessible, the complexity is crystallized into seven dimensions: (1) The authority structure deals with the individual’s perception of herself as being superordinate/subordinate to her own UWC. (2) The importance dimension analyses the span from indifference to involvement among a variety of religious/nonreligious, age, and gender cohorts. (3) The certainty dimension explores doubt versus confidence, using theories like confirmation bias, naïve realism, and cognitive dissonance. (4) The dimension of one’s relationship to rejected beliefs describes different ways of being inclusive/exclusive. (5) The emotional dimension depicts the individual’s weak/strong and negative/positive feelings towards different elements of her UWC. (6) The openness dimension sheds light on the respective traits of being introverted/extroverted regarding one’s private worldview. (7) The continuity dimension explores different development patterns, along with complex pre/post-conversion and deconversion processes. The different dimensions partly correlate to each other.

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Construction and Validation of Afterlife Belief Scale for Muslims

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

To Heaven through Hell: Are There Cognitive Foundations for Purgatory? Evidence from Islamic Cultures

To Heaven through Hell: Are There Cognitive Foundations for Purgatory? Evidence from Islamic Cultures

To Heaven or to Hell: Are Muslims’ Afterlife Hope and Fear Balanced? A Cross-Cultural Study

Dimensions of the Relationship between the Individual and Her Unique Worldview Construction

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