Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.

In criminological research the relationship between religion and delinquency has received great attention. Religiosity has been shown to be a protective factor for violent behaviour, drug use and other types of crime. In contrast, the relationship between religion and extremism was rarely investigat...

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Autores principales:	Maria Kamenowski, Patrik Manzoni, Sandrine Haymoz, Anna Isenhardt, Cédric Jacot, Dirk Baier
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3e40d9e48b5b47f88ac899f6f8339f7f2021-12-02T20:10:32ZReligion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252851https://doaj.org/article/3e40d9e48b5b47f88ac899f6f8339f7f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252851https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203In criminological research the relationship between religion and delinquency has received great attention. Religiosity has been shown to be a protective factor for violent behaviour, drug use and other types of crime. In contrast, the relationship between religion and extremism was rarely investigated and then almost exclusively in relation to Islamist extremism. This paper presents results of a youth survey on extremism in Switzerland. A total of 8317 young people in ten cantons were interviewed about right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. The study allows in a unique way to analyse religion, religiosity and religious attitudes in relation to three forms of extremist attitudes. The results show that religion is an important influencing factor of extremism, but religious affiliation and religiosity are less important than specific religious attitudes such as religious tolerance and religious exclusivity.Maria KamenowskiPatrik ManzoniSandrine HaymozAnna IsenhardtCédric JacotDirk BaierPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0252851 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Maria Kamenowski Patrik Manzoni Sandrine Haymoz Anna Isenhardt Cédric Jacot Dirk Baier Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.
description	In criminological research the relationship between religion and delinquency has received great attention. Religiosity has been shown to be a protective factor for violent behaviour, drug use and other types of crime. In contrast, the relationship between religion and extremism was rarely investigated and then almost exclusively in relation to Islamist extremism. This paper presents results of a youth survey on extremism in Switzerland. A total of 8317 young people in ten cantons were interviewed about right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. The study allows in a unique way to analyse religion, religiosity and religious attitudes in relation to three forms of extremist attitudes. The results show that religion is an important influencing factor of extremism, but religious affiliation and religiosity are less important than specific religious attitudes such as religious tolerance and religious exclusivity.
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author	Maria Kamenowski Patrik Manzoni Sandrine Haymoz Anna Isenhardt Cédric Jacot Dirk Baier
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author_sort	Maria Kamenowski
title	Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.
title_short	Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.
title_full	Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.
title_fullStr	Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.
title_full_unstemmed	Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.
title_sort	religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and islamist extremism. findings of a swiss youth study.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3e40d9e48b5b47f88ac899f6f8339f7f
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Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study.

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