[ Intégrisme religieux en Afrique: Fondements psychosociologiques du phénomène ]
Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2024, Pages 961–964
Pierrette Affia Houndonougbo1
1 Haute Ecole de Commerce et de Management (HECM), Benin
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study establishes that fundamentalism is the most radical form of the multiple religious phenomena that proliferate in contemporary societies (M. Milot, 1998). Fundamentalism first designated currents that want to defend the entirety of the Catholic tradition: dogmas, norms, morals, rites. Qualitative in nature, this reflection aims to analyze the foundations of religious fundamentalism with a view to containing the phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of field data coupled with documentary research has led to the conclusion that the upward force of religious radicalization provokes strong reactions in most societies and that a fight against this ascendancy is a means of putting an end to the plural and multifaceted fundamentalism that threatens peace.
Author Keywords: religious fundamentalism, psycho-sociological foundations, Africa, peace.
Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2024, Pages 961–964
Pierrette Affia Houndonougbo1
1 Haute Ecole de Commerce et de Management (HECM), Benin
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This study establishes that fundamentalism is the most radical form of the multiple religious phenomena that proliferate in contemporary societies (M. Milot, 1998). Fundamentalism first designated currents that want to defend the entirety of the Catholic tradition: dogmas, norms, morals, rites. Qualitative in nature, this reflection aims to analyze the foundations of religious fundamentalism with a view to containing the phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of field data coupled with documentary research has led to the conclusion that the upward force of religious radicalization provokes strong reactions in most societies and that a fight against this ascendancy is a means of putting an end to the plural and multifaceted fundamentalism that threatens peace.
Author Keywords: religious fundamentalism, psycho-sociological foundations, Africa, peace.
Abstract: (french)
La présente étude établie que l’intégrisme est la forme la plus radicale des multiples phénomènes religieux qui prolifèrent dans les sociétés contemporaines (M. Milot, 1998). L’intégrisme a d’abord désigné des courants qui veulent défendre l’intégralité de la tradition catholique: dogmes, normes, morales, rites. De nature qualitative, la présente réflexion se propose d’analyser les fondements de l’intégrisme religieux en vue de l’endiguement du phénomène en Afrique subsaharienne. L’utilisation des données de terrain couplée de la recherche documentaire a permis de conclure que la force ascendante des radicalisations religieuses provoque de vives réactions dans la plupart des sociétés et qu’une lutte contre cette ascendance est un moyen pour mettre fin aux fondements pluriels et multiformes de l’intégrisme qui menace la paix.
Author Keywords: intégrisme religieux, fondements psychosociologiques, Afrique, paix.
How to Cite this Article
Pierrette Affia Houndonougbo, “Religious fundamentalism in Africa: Psychosociological foundations of the phenomenon,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 961–964, October 2024.
