Religion and Misogyny

Nearly every religion claims to be peaceful. That should, of course, include nonviolence in the family and the absence of domestic violence aganist women.

But what can one see in worldwide data regarding this topic?

Every religious person who also lives in a highly religious country should take a look at the "Women, Peace and Security Index" to find out, how good women are protected in their own society:

https://giwps.georgetown.edu/

Maltreatment of women - or denying them the same rights as men - is a sign of misogyny.

The Authoritarian Personality and Religion

Is there a connection between the Authoritarian Personality and Religion? Research should start, if the following criteria of can be found in a religious community:

• Conventionalism: Adherence to conventional values.
• Authoritarian Submission: Towards ingroup authority figures.
• Authoritarian Aggression: Against people who violate conventional values.
• Anti-Intraception: Opposition to subjectivity and imagination.
• Superstition and Stereotypy: Belief in individual fate; thinking in rigid categories.
• Power and Toughness: Concerned with submission and domination; assertion of strength.
• Destructiveness and Cynicism: hostility against human nature.
• Projectivity: Perception of the world as dangerous; tendency to project unconscious impulses.
• Sex: Overly concerned with modern sexual practices.

( Source: this Wikipedia Article )

Cultural Violence and Religion

Can Religion be a cause for Cultural Violence? Johan Galtung wrote:

"Cultural violence" refers to aspects of a culture that can be used to justify or legitimize direct or structural violence, and may be exemplified by religion and ideology, language and art, empirical science and formal science"

(Galtung, Johan. "Cultural Violence," Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Aug., 1990), pp. 291–305)

Reasons for Judeophobia

Possible reasons for judeophobia can be found in this Wikipedia article .

Religiophobia

Religiophobia is the fear of religion. You find some data which can be a reason for religionphobia in the publication "Religiophobia" by Victoria Rationi.

Religiosity and Intelligence

The relation between Intelligence and Religion has been examined in this article:

Zuckerman, Miron, Silberman, Jordan & Hall, Judith A. (2013). The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis and Some Proposed Explanations. Personality and Social Psychology Review 17(4): 325-354.

Religion and Intelligence

The correlation between Religiosity and Intelligence has been examined in this article:

Zuckerman, Miron, Silberman, Jordan & Hall, Judith A. (2013). The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis and Some Proposed Explanations. Personality and Social Psychology Review 17(4): 325-354.

Is secularism related to atheism?

The answer given on this website is:

Secularism does not promote suppression of religion. To the contrary, it promotes freedom of religion and freedom from religion, meaning that you may worship any god if you choose to worship any.
A secular state does not have to be non-religious country and it can indeed be very religious.
In reality, however, secular countries tend to become non-religions.

In these three indices, Global Peace Index, Corruptions Perceptions Index and Social Progress Index, it can be noted that the top ten performers are some of the most secular countries in the world and they are also some of the least corrupt and most peaceful countries, who take care of their people in terms of social progress:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li...

You will also note that the top ten countries on the three lists are some of the least religious countries in the world:

 








Countries are not secular because they are non-religious. It is the other way around: the trend is that successful secular countries become increasingly non-religious as they realise that the gods and religion are not necessary for creating a peaceful tolerant society that takes good care of its people.

So in this sense the answer to your question is yes, there is a relation: secularism frequently leads to non-religiosity.

Question: Parents and religiosity

If you are a religious / spiritual person and you have a minute please answer the following question by posting a comment below:

• "Was it your father or your mother that influenced you in your religiosity / spirituality?"

Please begin your answer with "Whereas my mother ... , my father" or: "Whereas my father ... my mother ..."

THANK YOU!

And of course you can bookmark this post to come back after some days to see what others posted!

Religion and corporal punishment

Is beating a child more common in religious countries? Make up your own mind:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment .

Also by reading this report.

Do refugees move from religious countries to saecular countries?

Please make up your own mind:

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.REFG.OR .

Religion and Peace

Are religious countries more peaceful? Make up your own mind:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index .

Religion and domestic violence

Is domestic violence higher in religious countries? Make up your own mind:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_domestic_violence .

The psychology of deconversion

I think, therefore I blog.: The psychology of deconversion