Conservative values partly mediate the link between religiosity and racism

Evidence

Hall et al. (2010) additionally posited that religious beliefs espouse conservative values such as conformity and respect for tradition. Since conservative values are associated with opposition to social equality and greater concern about threat from outgroups, they may also contribute to the relation between greater religiosity and racism. — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 15

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian statism correlates with racial distrust while religious traditionalism correlates with trust. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 161; Extrinsic religiosity correlates with racism through social conformity, not personal values. — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 18; Religiosity-prejudice links are correlational, not established as causal — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 25 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Intergroup identification plus conventional life values, not doctrine, drive religious racism. #expands (0.90) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 86
• Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups. #complicates (0.85) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 17
• Outgroup religious difference plus perceived value threat predicts fundamentalist prejudice #corroborates (0.82) — Sherman A. Lee, Chelsea A. Reid, Stephen D. Short, Jeffrey A. Gibbons, Ruth Yeh, and Matthew L. Campbell, Fear of Muslims, 35
• Religiosity-prejudice links are correlational, not established as causal #qualifies (0.80) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 25
• Symbolic racism combines antiblack affect with conservative nonracial values #expands (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3752
• Religion fosters prejudice via intergroup bias, meaning-making threat, and authoritarianism. #corroborates (0.80) — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 5
• Self-reported religiosity reliably but weakly predicts racial prejudice #corroborates (0.78)
• Symbolic racism scales measure a distinct attitude rather than mere conservatism #qualifies (0.78) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 192
• Extrinsic religiosity correlates with racism through social conformity, not personal values. #qualifies (0.75) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 18
• Religious conviction type rather than strength predicts measured racism #qualifies (0.75) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 42
• Quest-scale religiosity correlates negatively with prejudice even covertly measured #complicates (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2560
• Religiosity’s link to prejudice depends on whether the prejudice is proscribed. #qualifies (0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2553