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Dehumanization is the denial of full humanity in others along with the cruelty and suffering that accompany it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A practical definition refers to it as the viewing and the treatment of other people as though they lack the mental capacities that are commonly attributed to humans. [ 4 ]
[5] The process and means by which hominization occurs is a key problem in theistic evolutionary thought, at least for the Abrahamic religions , for which the belief that animals do not have souls but humans do is a core teaching.
Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change is a 1978 book written by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman which describes the authors' theory of religious conversion. They propose that "snapping" is a mental process through which a person is recruited by a cult or new religious movement , or leaves the group through deprogramming or exit ...
Conversion: by renouncing one's own religion and adopting another religion. Fraudulent: means impersonation by false name, surname, of religious symbols. Religion converter: refers to a person of any religion who converts to another, regardless of the title they go by, such as Mulla, Father, Karmkandi, or Maulvi.
[4] [clarification needed] In an American context, Cuddy and colleagues [5] have investigated the influence of infrahumanisation on intergroup helping behaviour. Examining helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , Cuddy et al. found that people believed outgroup members experienced less negative uniquely human emotions than ingroup members.
Lofland published his findings in 1964 as a doctoral thesis entitled The World Savers: A Field Study of Cult Processes, and in 1966 in book form by Prentice-Hall. The book introduced the expression doomsday cult to the English language and since then the expression has been commonly used in various contexts. [3] [4]
Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress. [1] Someone who has been forced to convert to a different religion or irreligion may continue, covertly, to adhere to the beliefs and practices which were originally held, while outwardly behaving as a convert.
Moral conversion, according to Lonergan, is one of three different types of conversion along with the intellectual and the religious conversion. [9] From a causal point of view, it is the difference between varying levels of consciousness leading to a higher sense of responsibility for the world.