EXC 2060 B3-12 - Religious Fundamentalism

Keywords: Religion; Politics; Fundamentalism
Period: 2019 – 2022
Status: Finished
Funding Source: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Project Number: EXC 2060/1
Type of Funding: Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster

Description
The project "Religious Fundamentalism" treats forms of fundamentalism among Muslim immigrants in Germany as a characteristic feature of modernity. Fundamentalist movements press for religious clarity, separate their own position from its traditional embedding, deprive it of historicity, and thereby place that position above all other religious or ideological positions. They thereby distinguish themselves fundamentally from traditional attitudes, which push less for religious decisions and distance themselves less strongly from deviating beliefs. The project investigates the logic of justification behind such exclusive superiority claims, but also relates fundamentalist attitudes to their social conditions and analyzes the influence of education, socialization, origin, experience of discrimination, perceived injustice, as well as extra- and intrareligious contacts. It attaches particular importance to analyzing the connection between fundamentalism and the affinity to violence.
Persons
- PD Dr. Sarah Demmrich (verh. Kaboğan)
  Professorship of Sociology of Religion (Prof. Pollack)
  Scharnhorststr. 121, room 514
  48151 Münster
  kabogan@uni-muenster.de
  Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
  Johannisstr. 1, room 104
  48143 Münster
  T: +49 251 83-23379
  kabogan@uni-muenster.de
  Institute of Sociology (IfS)
  Scharnhorststr. 121
  48151 Münster
- Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack
  Professorship of Sociology of Religion (Prof. Pollack)
  Scharnhorststr. 121, room 513
  48151 Münster
  T: +49 251 83 25301
  F: +49 251 83-29930
  pollack@uni-muenster.de
  Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
  Johannisstr. 1
  48143 Münster
  T: +49 251 83 23380
  F: +49 251 83 23395
  pollack@uni-muenster.de
  Team Prof. Michalowski
  Scharnhorststr. 121
  48151 Münster
  Institute of Sociology (IfS)
  Scharnhorststr. 121
  48151 Münster
  T: +49 251 83-25301
  dpoll_01@uni-muenster.de
Research Article (Journal)
- Demmrich, Sarah, and Hanel, Paul H. P. 2024. “The relative role of religiosity in radicalization: how orthodox and fundamentalist religiosity are linked to violence acceptance.” Frontiers in Social Psychology 2. doi: 10.3389/frsps.2024.1406688.

EXC 2060 B3-12 - Religious Fundamentalism

Description

Persons

Research Article (Journal)