Iulian DINULESCU
University of Craiova
| Abstract: | Religious fanaticism is a ubiquitous phenomenon in society, shaping and generating complex individual and collective behaviors and duplications both in relation to members of the community they belong to and those outside them. An important role in determining such behaviors has the religious precepts adopted by fanatics. They definitely influence the behavior of the followers as well as the way those with extreme and intolerant religiosity relate, ie the religious fanatics to themselves and to those with whom they interact. For some fanatics, their behavior has a component represented by that of violence committed in the name of their divinity. What is worse is that they think they are right and the rest of the members of society are not, which is why the latter are guilty before the supreme being for not following the sacred precepts and consequently not adapting their behavior to those precepts. For these reasons, the article will analyze the common landmarks of all the entities that fanaticize their followers, as well as the uniqueness of the repercussions on the other members of society. |
| Keywords: | Religion; religious fanaticism; behavior; attitude; fanatics; precepts |
| Contact details of the authors: | E-mail: iuliandinulescu@gmail.com |
| Institutional affiliation of the authors: | University of Craiova Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology Saint Nicodim |
| Institutions address: | Al. I. CuzaRoad, 13, Craiova, 200585, phone:0251 419 900; www.ucv.ro |