THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERSONALITY WHOM IS A MEMBER OF DESTRUCTIVE RELIGIOUS CULTS

Authors

Zhanna Novikova,

Keywords:

religious faith, totalitarian sects, destructive cults, fanaticism

Abstract

The article analyses a concept of a faith as a part of general psychological phenomena «the faith». Features of the religion faith and its functions were explored from psychological point of view. We have considered the causes spreading the religion sects and their attractiveness for certain groups of people. Our target was to define signs of religiosity and relation between external motivation and fanaticism.