The Necessity of Knowledge of the Religious Teachers with the Psychology of Propaganda and the Requirement of Its Application

Knowledge of the requirements and tools for establishing religious and cultural activities is rational and necessary. The following paper aims to determine the necessity of educators’ knowledge of the psychology of propaganda and its application to religious propaganda. The main question is what the necessity of knowledge with the science of the psychology of propaganda is and what the positive consequences are. It uses the analytic-descriptive method for this research and besides describing and determining the necessity of the knowledge of the religious educators with the psychology of propaganda it has been attempted to analyze the consequences of knowledge and the application of the psychology of propaganda in the process of the religious propaganda. Examining and cogitation in Islamic teachings, psychology, communication studies, and related research shows that from the Islamic perspective and psychology, the knowledge of the religious educator with the psychology of propaganda is inevitable. without knowledge of the personal, educational, cultural, and moral specifications of the addressee and his needs it is impossible to be successful in the area of religious propaganda. There are advantages and positive consequences to being familiar with the psychology of propaganda for the Islamic preacher. The most important advantages are the increase of efficiency, enhancement of self-reliance, fault prevention, the increase of satisfaction, failure and defeat prevention, and success in the constructive relationship with the addressee and creating evolution in the insight, tendency, and actions of the addressee.