AN ASSESSMENT OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS AND THEIR RESOLUTIONS

Religious conflicts were explored in a sample of 202 adults, 132 of wh om provided written descriptions of conflicts they considered to be re ligious in nature. The majority of conflicts involved other people, bu t the resolution of the conflict did not. Participants also completed Hunt's Literal, Antiliteral and Mythological scales of religiousness. Mythological scores were significantly greater among people who had ex perienced conflict than among those who had not. No reliable differenc es in Literal and Antiliteral scores were observed between participant s who have experienced religious conflict and those who have not.