Charles

An Implicitly Religious Confusion

Authors

  • Roger Grainger Independent Scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v14i2.193

Keywords:

personal values, Implicit Religion, belonging, conflict, organizations

Abstract

Just as acceptance of explicitly religious systems and membership of officially religious organizations can give rise to psychological conflict, as well as helping to resolve it, so implicitly religious conformity can produce epistemological conflict and confusion, in the event of cognitive dissonance. The case of Charles, employed by a large international bank, illustrates this, and draws attention to the ethical dimension of organizational religions—and of Implied Religion itself.

Author Biography

  • Roger Grainger, Independent Scholar
    Independent Scholar

References

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Published

2011-09-28

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Grainger, R. (2011). Charles: An Implicitly Religious Confusion. Implicit Religion, 14(2), 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v14i2.193