An Analytical Framework for Understanding the Intensity of Religious Fundamentalism

TL;DR

This paper presents an analytical framework that links economic, political, administrative, and legal parameters to the emergence and intensity of religious fundamentalism.

Contribution

It introduces a novel analytical approach connecting development parameters with religious fundamentalism levels.

Findings

Higher GDP correlates with lower fundamentalism levels.

Strong governance indicators are associated with reduced fundamentalism.

Economic and legal development influence fundamentalist tendencies.

Abstract

This paper examines the process of emergence of religious fundamentalism through development parameters. Therefore this research work reflects an analytical discussion on how the level of religious fundamentalism can be explained by the economic, political administrative and legal parameters such as GDP, Employment to Population ratio, Government Effectiveness, Voice & Accountability, Rule of Law (World Justice Project Report) and Rule of law (Governance Indicators).