title: It Is Not About the Influence Religiosity Ought to Have, But the Influence It Does Have: A Response.
abstract: In my response to the article "Both Islam and Christianity Invite to Tolerance" I adress the different criticisms that are raised by the authors. Some of the criticisms can be agreed with, while others can be refuted. In general I do not share the author's perspective that every religion promotes peaceful coexistence. Instead claiming theoretically that religiosity has such an effect, the relationship between religiosity and violence should be analyzed empirically.
authors.affiliation: Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony, Hanover, Germany dirk.baier@kfn.de.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baier
mesh_terms: D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: criminology; spirituality and violence; youth violence