TITLE:
Popular Beliefs in the Palestinian Society: An Analytic Study
AUTHORS:
Bassam Yousef Ibrahim Banat, Hasan Yahya, Bashir Ahmad, Fadwa Halabiyah
KEYWORDS:
Popular Beliefs, Practices, Traditions, Faith, Culture, Palestine
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.9,
August
26,
2022
ABSTRACT: The
present study addressed the popular beliefs in the Palestinian society. Popular
belief practices were evaluated using an index of a 39-item scale developed by
the researchers, and were administrated to 1,066 Palestinians in the West Bank, Palestine, during
2022. The sample population was selected via the stratified random selection
method. Study findings revealed that almost three quarters of the participants
(71.6%) experienced a moderate level of popular belief practices in their daily
life. The study indicated that gender, educational level, age and the degree of
religiosity were significant predictors of popular belief practices. The
consequences of the study findings for practice were highlighted.