DİNDARLIK VE ÖZNEL İYİ OLUŞ: ULUSLARARASI BİR BAKIŞ

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1, 97 - 114, 30.06.2019

Nevzat Gencer

Öz

Dinin bireylerin ve toplumların öznel iyi oluşunu (ÖİO)
artırıp artırmadığı sıkça tartışılmaktadırlar. İnsanların büyük bir
çoğunluğunun  dinin günlük yaşamlarında önemli olduğunu belirttiği dikkate
alındığında bu konu özellikle göze çarpmaktadır. Ancak, bazı evrimciler dinin
uyum sağladığı, ahlak ve sosyal uyumu beslediği, her ikisinin de iyi oluşu
teşvik ettiği sonucuna varmışlardır. Bununla birlikte,  dinin acıya neden
olabileceği de ileri sürülmüştür. Bu makalede dindarlığın ve ÖİO'nun farklı sosyal
bağlamlarda ilişkili olup olmadığını belirlemek için son on yılda yayınlanmış
dindarlık ve ÖİO hakkındaki çalışmaları gözden geçirilmektedir. Öncelikle
dindarlık ve öznel iyi oluşun tanımı yapılmakta ve sanayileşmiş Batılı
uluslardan elde edilen dindarlık ve ÖİO hakkındaki bulgular tartışılmaktadır.
Dindarlık ve ÖİO arasındaki ilişkiye dair uluslararası çalışmaların rapor
edildiği çalışmada dindarlık-ÖİO ilişkisinde bağlamsal konuları ele
alınmakta ve son bölümde, gelecekteki araştırmaların ele alabileceği mevcut
literatürdeki boşlukları belirtilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Dindarlık, Öznel İyi Oluş, ÖİO, Yaşam Doyumu, Ulusal Dindarlık

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