Does Religion Foster Prejudice Among Adherents of All World Religions?: A Comparison Across Religions

BackgroundThe relation between religiousness and prejudice has been the topic of a large research literature, yet this was so far mostly limited to Western societies with a Christian heritage.PurposeThis study sought to compare the religiousness-prejudice relationship between adherents of monotheist...

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VerfasserInnen: Kollar, Rachel (VerfasserIn) ; Fleischmann, Fenella 1983- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage Publications 2022
In: Review of religious research
Jahr: 2022, Band: 64, Heft: 4, Seiten: 627-653
weitere Schlagwörter:B Comparison across religions
B Monotheism
B Non-monotheism
B Theological exclusivism
B Prejudice
B Religiousness
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Zusammenfassung:BackgroundThe relation between religiousness and prejudice has been the topic of a large research literature, yet this was so far mostly limited to Western societies with a Christian heritage.PurposeThis study sought to compare the religiousness-prejudice relationship between adherents of monotheistic and non-monotheistic religions. Focusing on inter-religious prejudice we examined whether theological exclusivism moderated this relationship.MethodsMulti-group structural equation modeling was applied using global data from the 6th wave of the World Values Survey.ResultsNo support was found for the expected divide between religious groups. Religious identity, belief, and practice each related differentially to prejudice across the religions. Exclusivism was more consistently negatively related to prejudice and moderated the relation with religious identity for Orthodox Christians and Buddhists.Conclusions and implicationsWe conclude that religious attitudes or orientations (i.e., how people believe) are more important to understand prejudice towards religious others than religious traditions or multiple dimensions of religiosity (i.e., what and how strongly they believe).
ISSN:2211-4866
Bezug:Errata "Correction to: Does Religion Foster Prejudice Among Adherents of All World Religions? A Comparison Across Religions (2022)"
Enthält:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-022-00509-x