Mahfooz Kanwar Ph. D.

Addiction to Religion (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

After the Second World War, in the 1950s and beyond, we embraced revolutionary emancipation of women, among other things, which led to an unprecedented sexual and cultural revolution, especially in the West. We discarded some of the old ways of doing things, and we opened the door to a brand-new and modern civilization in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. The sexual and cultural revolution led us to secularism, which challenged many draconian mores, including those in Muslim countries such as Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia, and Morocco. That was when I published one of my books, Sociology of Religion: Changing Conceptions in the Structure of Islam. However, in relatively recent times, we have faced the backward process of reverting to traditional norms. That reversed cultural change led to fundamentalism, including fundamentalism in religion, which is a precursor to addiction to religion. That has ultimately resulted in national and international terrorism. That born-again trend encouraged me to do research in this field, including addiction to religion. That led me to write this book. I have concluded in this book that both addiction to drugs and addiction to religion are a disease, a delirium, and a psychic syndrome influenced by a mental disorder. During the last two to three decades, there has been a significant rise in religious fundamentalism leading to addiction to religion, which has caused global havoc. Religion has been hijacked, misused, and abused, largely by semiliterate believers in all organized religions. Religious addiction is perhaps worse than drug addiction. Other books by the Author 1. The Sociology of Family: An Interdisciplinary Approach 2. Sociology of Criminal Behaviour 3. Sociology of Religion: Changing Conceptions in the Structure of Islam 4. Murder and Homicide in Pakistan 5. Issues in Canadian Sociology (with Hewa) 6. Issues in Canadian Sociology, 2nd Ed. (with Swenson) 7. Canadian Sociology (with Swenson) 8. Journey to Success (my autobiography, currently in its tenth edition)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781503568082
• Artikelnr.: 52580687

Autorenporträt

Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar is a professor emeritus of sociology and criminology at Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). He holds a BA in political science, MA in sociology, another MA in sociology/criminology, and a PhD in criminology. He has conducted extensive research and published in the fields of marriage and the family, religion, crime, and social problems. Over the years, he has published nine books, five monographs, and several academic articles and newspaper columns. In 1975 he helped build a primary school for girls, which is a middle school now, near his village and other villages in that area of Pakistan. He also established a scholarship for female students from their primary education to post-graduate studies there and elsewhere in Pakistan. In 1994, he established the Kanwar Institute of Gender Relations in Multan, Pakistan. In 1997, he established the Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar Scholarship at Mount Royal University. He served for four years as the chairman of the Department of Behavioral Sciences, which included the disciplines of sociology, psychology, anthropology, archaeology, and education. Over the years, he has appeared in twenty-one documentaries on religious, social, and criminal issues, which were broadcast on different television networks. He has been a guest on call-back radio shows and has been interviewed on television, radio, and newspapers numerous times in the last forty-two years. He has extensive part-time and full-time teaching experience at various universities and colleges, including the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Calgary, South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Drumheller Federal Penitentiary, Military Police Platoon at the Canadian Forces Base in Calgary (all in Canada), Valencia Community College in Orlando (Florida) for more than two years, and he has guest lectured at the University of Karachi, Quaid-e Azam University, the University of Punjab, and the National Police Academy, Islamabad (all four in Pakistan). Over the years, he has been nominated sixteen times for excellence in teaching and academic leadership. He has received six Excellence in Teaching awards, including the distinguished teaching award-one each from the administration and faculty association and four from the students association. Finally, he was honored by Mount Royal University with the title of professor emeritus, the academic "Hall of Fame." Dr. Kanwar resides in Calgary and is actively involved in research in both Canada and Pakistan. He is also active in the community by participating in and presiding over community- and government-appointed boards and committees. As well, he has responded to issues brought forth in the media, including in newspapers, radio, and television.