“For the Wrath of God: Fatalism and Images of God in Violent Regions of the World” by Christopher D. Bader, Andrea Molle, Benjamin Gurrentz and James J. Coyle was published in the Sociology of Religion (Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 2017, 78:2 173–191). The article is based on data from Caucasus Barometer 2012, regional household survey in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The abstract of the article reads:
“Research has found that individuals use religion to understand one’s fate in life, which in turn impacts health outcomes. This may be particularly relevant in high conflict/violent regions of the world, where religious beliefs may be a particular important means to cope with one’s future in the wake of violence, instability, and uncertainty. In this article, we examine the role of images of God in predicting level of fatalism among individuals in the high-conflict region of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) utilizing data from the 2012 Caucasus Barometer. We find that conceptions of God as judgmental prove to be the only consistent, religious predictor of fatalism across the three nations.”
The article can be requested here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314079608_For_the_Wrath_of_God_Fatalism_and_Images_of_God_in_Violent_Regions_of_the_World
For the question on perceptions of fatalism you can see results on CRRC’s online data analysis website: http://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012/FATEINLF/
