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Perceived Changes in Political Attitudes among Religious Converts in the Czech Republic

VENCÁLEK, Matouš

Basic information

Original name

Perceived Changes in Political Attitudes among Religious Converts in the Czech Republic

Authors

Edition

2022 European Association for the Study of Religions conference: Religions and States of Freedom, 27 June-1 July, 2022, Cork, Ireland, 2022

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

religion; conversion; politics

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 3/1/2023 22:58, Mgr. Matouš Vencálek

Abstract

V originále

This paper presents an effort to provide a deeper insight into the relation of religion and politics on psychological level, that is on the relation of religious and political attitudes. To do so, it focuses on the process of religious conversion and the changes that converts perceive themselves. Does political orientation change together with the change in religious orientation? And if so, do such changes occur both on the liberalism—conservativism scale and on the left—right economic scale? To answer these questions, I gathered answers from relatively recent converts belonging to various traditions regarding their attitudes before and after conversion. Of course, the accuracy of such retrospectivity is always tricky, but the sole notion of perceived changes – no matter how close to reality they are – provides an important insight into the processes taking place during and after the conversion.