Religion, Dissonance, and Systems Theory

In this study, Ariel Glucklich provides a new approach to understanding how religious actions emerge in the context of belief systems. Providing an innovative psychological and social understanding of the causes that stimulate believers to action, he examines a range of religious phenomena in India, Israel, Austria, Italy, and the United States.

Ariel Glucklich is Professor and Chair in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University. An internationally known scholar of religious beliefs and actions, he is the author of the award-winning Sacred Pain (2023) and The Joy of Religion (2020).