Research Institute of Hawzah and University "Hawzah wa Dāneshgāh Research Institute" Journal of Islamic Education 1735-4536 11 23 2016 09 22 Investigation of adjacency of critical thinking and aspects of religiosity among MA students Investigation of adjacency of critical thinking and aspects of religiosity among MA students 45 67 1144 FA Fatemeh Amo Abdollahi Khadijeh Safiri Journal Article 2016 09 04 Nowadays the importance of critical thinking in training of scholars has been emphasized. The problem, however, is that the adjacency of Islamic religious  propositions with critical thinking requires theoretical and experimental evaluation.  This paper aims at investigation the relationship between critical thinking and main aspects of religiosity(beliefs, customs, and experience) through a quantitative survey and questionnaire.  The sample consisted of MA students (350) in Alzahra University, Imam Sadegh University, and shahid Beheshti Universitys. The sampling was dome through Kukran formula. The results reveal that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between critical thinking, aspects of religiosity, beliefs, and customs. From among the sub-scales of critical thinking, the open mind scale had no meaningful relationship with other aspects. In addition, belief in curiosity had no relationship with other aspects. Moreover, the findings revealed highness of aspects of beliefs and experience and lowness of customs among the students. In term of critical thinking, 20% of the participants showed high level of critical thinking. Nowadays the importance of critical thinking in training of scholars has been emphasized. The problem, however, is that the adjacency of Islamic religious  propositions with critical thinking requires theoretical and experimental evaluation.  This paper aims at investigation the relationship between critical thinking and main aspects of religiosity(beliefs, customs, and experience) through a quantitative survey and questionnaire.  The sample consisted of MA students (350) in Alzahra University, Imam Sadegh University, and shahid Beheshti Universitys. The sampling was dome through Kukran formula. The results reveal that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between critical thinking, aspects of religiosity, beliefs, and customs. From among the sub-scales of critical thinking, the open mind scale had no meaningful relationship with other aspects. In addition, belief in curiosity had no relationship with other aspects. Moreover, the findings revealed highness of aspects of beliefs and experience and lowness of customs among the students. In term of critical thinking, 20% of the participants showed high level of critical thinking. https://islamicedu.rihu.ac.ir/article_1144_997cc72ff75441490f876e8a0923bf61.pdf