Dogmatism and exclusivism travel with religion but are not religion

Evidence

Exclusivity, dogmatism, and fundamentalism are not the same thing as religion. This may sound obvious, but they are often seen as interchangeable with religion by its critics. Semantics aside, if we want a more precise understanding of religious roles in human conflict, we must disentangle these tendencies that often go along with the religious bundle. This is not an exoneration of religion—these tendencies are well-known contributors to intolerance and violent conflict, and indeed our job is to understand why they thrive in religions. But they are not unique to religion: many secular ideologies have them too. Eroding the impact of religion would therefore not eliminate conflict, for the simple reason that the myriad sources of human conflict can be found in nonreligion as well. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 517

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the reader’s aim of isolating specific mechanisms (omniscient gaze, public trampling) rather than treating ‘religion’ as a monolithic cause. — connects to: Dogmatic fixation makes even minute doctrinal divergence logically irreconcilable — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 311; Protestantism’s rejection of finite mediation makes the infinite abstract and unreachable — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 802
• corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 517

Broader Connections

• Dogmatic fixation makes even minute doctrinal divergence logically irreconcilable #complicates (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 311