title: Psychological aspects of the role of religion in identity construction.
abstract: Religious plurality can generate fears through identity destabilization. Religions offer ressources for coping with fears. On one side, production of stereotypes follows a defensive way. On the other side, claim to be universal help to cross boundaries and to cope with stigmatization, misrecognition and discrimination. Coping strategies combine at least five aspects: community, intimate relationship, rules, construction of identity, and worlview. This article shows how these aspects are intertwined.
authors: Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences, Bâtiment Anthropole, Quartier Unil-Dorigny, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. pierre-yves.brandt@unil.ch
authors: Pierre-Yves
authors: PY
authors: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D062309:Community Integration; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D063426:Human Migration; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D009769:Object Attachment; D011287:Prejudice; D012067:Religion; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept