Big God believers are more generous than local-god believers cross-culturally

Evidence

Similarly, Joseph Henrich and his colleagues have found that among several nonindustrialized societies, there are greater levels of generosity by participants who belong to religions with Big Gods, compared to those who endorse local gods who are not as omniscient and typically are indifferent toward human morality. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 253

Categorization

  • XREF: Big God omniscience drives generosity, evoking the omniscient-gaze mechanism the reader maps onto Rodrigues’ belief system.