The relation between religiosity dimensions and support for interreligious conflict in Indonesia
In this study, we explain differences in support for interreligious lawful and violent protests against the religious outgroup. Combining religiosity and social identity approaches, we take three dimensions of religiosity (namely, practices, beliefs and salience) into consideration related to suppor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
[2019]
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| In: |
Archive for the psychology of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 244-261 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Indonesia
/ Religiosity
/ Intensity
/ Religious conflict
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations KBM Asia |
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| Summary: | In this study, we explain differences in support for interreligious lawful and violent protests against the religious outgroup. Combining religiosity and social identity approaches, we take three dimensions of religiosity (namely, practices, beliefs and salience) into consideration related to support for interreligious conflict, next to relevant control characteristics. The analysis is based on survey data (N = 2026) collected among a random sample of Muslims (n = 1451) and Christians (n = 575) across the Indonesian archipelago. Our findings show that members of the Muslim community are, on average, more inclined to support interreligious conflict, both lawful and violent protests. Participation in rites of passage is a crucial aspect of religious practices found to be positively related to both kinds of protest. Religious beliefs show great importance but vary in their influence: particularistic views and intratextual fundamentalism are related to support for lawful protest, whereas religiocentrism is related to support both for lawful and violent protests. In contrast, salience reduces support for violent protest. As such, the findings offer a differentiated way to understand present-day interreligious conflicts among the general population in Indonesia. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6121 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0084672419878824 |