Religious Radicalism: from Absolutism to Violence

Olivier Galland

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Chapter 2 Religious Radicalism: from Absolutism to Violence

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The raw results of the survey show that Muslim school students are much more likely than others to adopt absolutist religious ideas. They are also more likely to justify religious violence. Such attitudes are not shaped by the socio-economic characteristics of the families they belong to, their academic performance, or their optimism/pessimism about future access to employment. To some extent, they are shaped by feelings of individual or collective discrimination, although these factors only slightly diminish the influence of religious denomination. More specifically, absolutist ideas make a clear contribution to the justification of religious violence, as do predispositions to justify violence and deviance in ordinary social life. The combination of absolutism and tolerance of violence/deviance is more prevalent among boys, while girls are more likely to adopt absolutist ideas without the violent dimension.

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Radical Thought among the Young: A Survey of French LycÃ©e Students

Series:Â Youth in a Globalizing World, Volume: 11

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