Interpreting the Sacred: Ways of Viewing Religion

Parsons, Arthur S.; Paden, William E.

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“…We can only speculate that one's religious beliefs are one of many factors that influence daily choices. Furthermore, many religions and philosophic systems of thoughts welcome within themselves the "ethics of reciprocity" (Paden, 2003) which can be summarized by the Gospel verse: "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets" (Matthew 7:12; New International Version).…”

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Can a negative religious causal attribution of mental illness affect the phenomenon of public stigma?

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Pinelli

Coriani

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Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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This study assessed, through an exploratory approach, how religion-based negative causal attributions of mental illness may be associated to stigmatising attitudes and behaviours that contribute to public stigma in an Italian convenience sample. All participants (N = 311; average age = 33 years, 38.6% male) completed a set of three questionnaires: Religious Beliefs and Mental Illness Stigma Scale, the Attribution Questionnaire 27 and the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule. The study found support for two specific models. The Responsibility model involved four key predictors: participant age, the influence of religious beliefs in everyday choices, religious beliefs about the connection between morality/sin and mental illness and having participated in seminars about mental illness stigma. The Dangerousness model involved three exogenous variables: participating in mental illness stigma seminars, religious beliefs about morality/sin and mental illness, and participant age.This study allows the identification of variables that seem to activate or attenuate the models of "Personal Responsibility" and "Dangerousness".

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can a negative religious causal attribution of mental illness affect the phenomenon of public stigma?

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Pinelli

Coriani

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Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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Re-reading al-birūnī's India: a case for intercultural understanding

Ataman

2005

Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations

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It is argued that until recently the major motive behind the interest in religious traditions other than one's own has been to refute the truth-claims of the former. This attitude was based on the conviction that the religious tradition to which the student of religion belonged contained all that he or she needed to know, since whatever remained outside the authoritative revelation was at best irrelevant and at worst dangerous. Although prevalent throughout history, this approach was not the only model for studying religions other than one's own. There have been scholars within the Islamic tradition who showed genuine interest in studying and understanding other religious traditions on their own terms. Arguably, one of the best representatives of these scholars was al-Birūnī (973-1048 CE) whose accomplishments in other disciplines, notably in natural sciences, overshadowed his crucial contribution to the study of religion. This paper is an attempt to contribute to the current debate in the study of religion by analyzing the method al-Birūnī employed in his treatment of the religious traditions of India. In pursuing the subject, the paper aims to elucidate the phenomenological, dialogical and comparative aspects of al-Birūnī's thought in light of contemporary scholarship.

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Interpreting the Sacred: Ways of Viewing Religion

Cited by 12 publications

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Can a negative religious causal attribution of mental illness affect the phenomenon of public stigma?

Can a negative religious causal attribution of mental illness affect the phenomenon of public stigma?

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Re-reading al-birūnī's India: a case for intercultural understanding

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