Theory of Processing, Acceptance and Promotion of Religion; A Soft Approach to Cultural Transformation of Martyrdom and Altruism

There would be different approaches to cultural transformation of value based concepts such as martyrdom and altruism. However, it is difficult to judge which approach is the best one without having a general framework and strategy in which the concept is defined. The present study has tried to set out a strategy of religious education for cultural transformation of martyrdom and altruism. According to this point of view, acquisition of higher religious values such as martyrdom and altruism depends on going through three fundamental processes including processing, acceptance and promotion of religion. By processing, religious key concepts are taught. The emphasis in this stage is on the receiver's understanding. In the second stage, learners are exposed to the selection and acceptance of general message (involving principles, necessity, significance and objectives of the message) randomly, and finally the educational system is supposed to encourage learners to internalize religious basic concepts and instructions (self-improvement) and then they try to extend these concepts to their society. Hence, to the extend the educational system is helpful in conducting learners going through those processes, higher religious concepts such as martyrdom, altruism and waiting for savior (Intizar) should be expanded through society.